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
Paris: Community, 1960. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 24pp. Original illustrated wraps with black lettering on cover. Introduction to moral values of Judaism extending fundamental guidelines as to what being a Jew means, the religious approach to business, dishonest practices, racial discrimination, mercy and compassion, the ideal family life, the obligations..... 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
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXII, 442pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine. This book is a supplement to the author's commentary upon the Synoptic Gospels with a particular focus upon Matthew and Luke's gospels. Verse by verse comparison of text with rabbinic..... 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
New York: Yeshiva University, 1965. First edition. Softcover. Quarto.213, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Title page inscribed and signed by Dr. Noah H. Rosenbloom to Professor Salo W. Baron. Remarkable study in the religious philosophy of Samuel David Luzzatto. Moderate rubbing on covers. Wraps in overall good-, interior in very good..... More
Warsaw: W. Drukarni Ch. Kelter'a i Spólki, 1864. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 32, 136, 28pp. Original half leather over black paper-covered boards. Decorative ruling of title page, print partially in Polish. Rosenblum's approach to the revelation on Mount Sinai. The fist part approaches the issue from the rationalist perspective: Rosenblum..... More
Lod (Israel): Yeshivat Tomkhe temimim, 1954. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 94pp. Original decorative wrappers with blue lettering on cover. The introduction summarizes the history of the Lubavitch dynasty and its activities over the course of generations. The periodical contains halachic and talmudic essays from prominent Rabbis and disciples of the..... More
New York: Schocken Books, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. VIII, 376pp. Original decorative wrappers over red cloth with black lettering on spine. The essays and studies collected in this remarkable work deal with the diversity of aspects of Jewish Messianism. The present volume is a companion to Scholem's "On the..... More
London: J.S.S. Books, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original glassine over burgundy cloth with publisher's logo in gilt on front cover. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Rabbi Schonfeld. Remarkable work being a summary of the morals of Judaism at about the time when Christianity started going its own..... More
London: Edward Goldston, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 196pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine in original dj. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly rubbed. Bottom corners bumped. Some staining, scuffing, chipping and minor tearing to dj. "Jonah ben Abraham of Gerona was a famous Spanish Rabbi..... More
Lund, Sweden: CWK Gleerup, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [2], 307, [1]pp. Full burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spine. Original wrappers bound in. Remarkable thesis on studies in rabbinic and New Testament scripture. Text in Swedish. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. More
Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew, 1956. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XVI, [2], 154pp (Text), [10]pp (Plates). Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. Remarkable work in which the author argues strenuously - on philological grounds - that the antiquity of the Dead Sea Scrolls..... More