[Los Angeles]: Academy of Jewish Religion, California, 2010. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. (v) 173pp. Photo-illustrated glossy purple wrappers with orange lettering on the front cover, black lettering on the spine. Incribed and signed by the author on the interior front cover. Photo-illustrated title page. Submitted as a master's thesis for..... More
New York: Ktav Publishing House, Inc., 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XXIII, [1], 122, VIII, [2], 108pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Rabbi Solomon ben Adreth of Barcelona (1235-1310), also known as Rashba, was considered an outstanding rabbinic authority, and more than 3,000 of his..... More
NP, n/d. Softcover. Quarto. [6], 208, [2]pp. Original printed wrappers. Scarce work being a compilation of 16 discourses delivered between 1923 and 1924 by Rabbi Abraham J. Feldman in his congregation of Keneseth Israel, in Philadelphia. Wrappers age-toned along edges and spine. Upper corners chipped. Lower corner of front cover..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1926. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. XCVI, 232, VIIIpp. Original printed wrappers. Rabbi David Kimhi (1160-1235) was well-known for his commentaries on the prophets. His thorough work on the first 39 chapters of the book of Isaiah makes up the main portion of this monograph. Finkelstein..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, (1997). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 367pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original printed dust jacket. An academic study of reforms to the traditional Jewish siddur in the 19th and 20th centuries. These changes came about out of a perceived..... More
Berlin: S. Calvary & Co., 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xxi, 366pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettering on cover. After the London manuscript (Brit. Mus. add. 27031). The Western translation of the Torah with commentary. The portions of it considered to be pure translations are agreeable with the..... More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XXII, 290pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over decorative cloth with gold lettering on spine. The Song at the Sea (Exodus 15: 1-21) describes the miraculous deliverance of Moses and the children of Israel from the army of Pharaoh at..... More
Philadelphia, New York and Jerusalem: Jewish Pubn Society, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xx. 419 pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Original dj. Book condition is fine. On Judah Goldin [from National Foundation for Jewish Culture]: "Born in New York City in 1914, Dr. Judah..... More
Jerusalem: Josef Gruber, 1928. First edition. Paperback. Small Quarto, 90pp., Original decorative wrappers and decorative ruling on title page. The author Josef Gruber generates a dialogue based on biblical stories, e.g. the Tasting of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, as to what and how the Spirit of..... More
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (xx) 323pp. Orange illustrated dust jacket, with black and white lettering on front cover and spine. Tan boards with gilt lettering on black label and gilt-stamped publisher's device on spine. Signed and inscribed by the author at the half-title page..... More
New York: The World Union for Progressive Judaism, (1977). First edition. Hardcover. Lg. quarto. xxvii,382pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original dust jacket. Interesting study by Professor Guttmann on the struggle raging in the rabbinical Responsa literature, the most significant Hebrew source. Inscribed by author..... More
New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi. 367pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Title page stamped "Property of Brooklyn Chapter of Hadassah." A tight copy in near fine condition. More
New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvii. 394pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Head and tail and corners slightly bumped. "The present book is concerned chiefly with the wider aspects of the rabbinic mind. It discusses such problems as..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, (1975). (First Edition). Hardcover. 8vo. lvii, 593 pp. Tan cloth binding with green lettering to spine in original dust jacket. Green endpapers. Work of Midrashic Literature on the Shabbath and Jewish High Holidays (see bellow). Translated from Hebrew and Aramaic. Very minor age..... More
NP, n/d. Softcover. 8vo. xii,146,[42],pp. Original wrappers. Minor creasing and sunning to wraps. Introduction by Abraham Goldberg, Department of Talmud Hebrew University. Contents: The Hadrianic Persecutions and the Rabbinic Law; The Sale of Res Mobiles between Gentile and Jew in the Talmud; Mekilta on the Pentateuch; Gemara and Sebara; Gemara..... More
New York: Ktav Publishing House, Inc., 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XLVI, 505, [1]pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Reprint of this pioneering work, originally published in 1918, and which sums up the intellectual and religious experience of the Jews of Western Europe (and American..... More
Berlin: NP, 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/800. 8vo. 41pp. Paper-covered boards with cover plate. Backstrip detached but present. Some age wear and sunning on boards. Reprint of von Leon's "Rabbinic Legends" which was first published in 1821 in Vienna. "Gottlieb von Leon, geboren am 17. April 1757, gestorben am 17..... More
New York: Jewish Science Publishing, 1936. Hardcover. 8vo. 345pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. This book mixes Judaism with psychoanalysis as a means of curing nervous ailments. R. Morris Lichtenstein was an early 20th century European born American Reform rabbi, who served in..... More
Barcelona: Riopiedras Ediciones, 1987. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 267 pp. Original printed wrappers. Moseh ben Maimon Maimónides. Notas biográficas, introducción, traducción y notas por Judit Targarona Borrás. Topics include the biography of Maimónides, Sefaradism, conversion to Islam, letter to Yemen and it's translation, religious persecution, messianic movement, letter on astrology..... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. X, 310pp. Original beige cloth with silver lettering on spine and front cover. The purpose of this study is to investigate the form and function of motifs of divine presence and guidance in the Old Testament. Previous owner's blind..... More
Atlanta, Georgia: Scholar's Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi, 150 pp. Off-white cloth with golden border and lettering on front cover, gold lettering on spine. Work contains critical analysis of the text Esther Rabbah, attempting to answer a number of historical and philosophical meta questions. Includes index. Age wear..... More
New York: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, [1], 194pp. Original light blue cloth with white lettering on spine and front cover. These introductions to the literary evidence of earlier Rabbinic Judaism deal with three important types of documents: The Mishnah, the Midrashic compilations, and the..... More
Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1986. First edition. Softcover. Small quarto. (xx) 315pp. Red and brown printed wrappers, with white, yellow and black lettering on the front cover. White lettering on the spine. This publication documenting the presentations and lectures given at the 1984 meeting of the Academy for..... More
New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 5705 - 1945. Hardcover. Quarto. XXIII, XXXVI, 80, VI, 110, X, 190, 8, [4]pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on covers and spine. The Mishnah is the core text of rabbinic literature, second only to the Hebrew Bible as the basic text of rabbinic..... More
Berlin: M. Zülzer & Co., 1901. Hardcover. 4to. xv, 671pp. Original publisher's decorative blind- and gold-stamped maroon cloth. Marbled edges. Frontispiece portrait of author protected by tissue guard. Collections of sermons & writings by Dr. Benjamin Rippner, who was a rabbi at the (Synagogengemeinde Glogau) Glogau synagogue. Includes prayers selected..... More