Cincinnati: Bloch & Co., (1874). Softcover. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Study by Russian Orientalist Daniel Abramovich Chwolson, defending the Jewish race and religion. The work was first published in Russia in 1872 under the title "Kharakteristika Semitskikh Narodov." Chwolson draws a parallel between the characteristics of the Semitic race (the..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983. First edition. Softcover. Small quarto. (xix) 492pp. [1]. Tan and brown illustrated wrappers, with text in brown on the front cover and spine. A comprehensive survey of the history and trends comprising the gamut of 16th century Jewish religious, philosophic and mystical thought. The..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1993). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xiii, 390pp. Sienna cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Besides offering a richly informative recapitulation of Jewish history, Funkenstein's work offers many theoretical insights through its focus on Jewish historical thought. Small closed..... More
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Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. xii. 389 pp. In English. Dark green cloth in original dj. Inscribed by the author. Dj in very good condition with some age wear. Pencil marginal markings and some red pen underlining and writing on a few pages and inside..... More
Leipzig: NP, ca. 1908. Softcover. 8vo. 43-61pp. Decorative wraps. Essay by Dr. Julius Guttmann on Immanuel Kant and his importance and influence in Judaism. Part of the series "Schriften, herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums." Minor creasing on wraps. Bottom corner of interior pages creased. Text..... More
Jerusalem: n.p. [Sifriyah le-mahshevet Yiśraʼel], 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 104pp. [2]. White cloth over tan paper boards with black lettering on the front cover and the spine. Modern reprint of the original 1852 Frankfurt edition of Solomon ben Labi's Hebrew translation of Abraham ben David ha-Levi's (aka. Abraham ibn Daud..... More
Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 236pp. (English and French text) + 186pp. (Hebrew text). Blue dust jacket with blue and white lettering on the front covers and spine. Light blue buckram boards with gilt lettering on the spine. A collection of 23 essays devoted to the..... More
Breslau: Wilhelm Koebner, 1885. Hardcover. 8vo. L,290,[6],pp. Three-quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. Spine and parts of boards along spine crudely repaired with clear tape. Heavy age wear to binding, parts of spine chipped. Hinges starting. Inscribed by previous owner on title page. Text in German. "Das Buch Al-Chazari aus dem..... More
Jerusalem: Institute for Publication of the Writings of Rabbi Meir Kahane, 1993. English edition. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. viii,168pp. Photographic paper-covered boards of a b/w reproduction of a photograph of Rabbi Meir Kahane. Work with selected articles by Rabbi Kahane's articles, which appeared over a 30 year span in the Jewish..... More
Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber's Verlag 9Dr. jur. Albert Ahn), 1914. 8vo. 64pp. Fascinating study on the history and meaning of anti-Semitism by Professor E. König. Contents: Über Geschichte und Begriff des Antisemitismus. Die früheren Bewohner Palästinas und die Israeliten. Israeliten und Juden. Juden und Galiläer. Beleuchtung neuerer Motive..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1972. Hardcover. Sm. 4to. xi, 166pp. Publisher's blue cloth binding with gold lettering on cover and spine. Early 1970's work by H. Lindner based on his dissertation in which he studies Flavius Josephus' historical perception in Bellum Judaicum (The Jewish War). In the work Josephus recounts..... More
Cincinnati: Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Robert Clarke & Co., 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (xxii), [1], 418pp. Brown cloth, gilt border and lettering on spine. Binding protected by plastic cover. Ex-library label on interior front cover. Decorative end papers. Unknown signature on page between end paper and title page..... More
Berlin: Louis lamm, 1917. Softcover. Lg. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Neubauer's response to Rudolf Kittels' 'Judenfeindschaft oder Gotteslästerung." "Ein Beitrag zur Kritik der alttestamentlichen Bibelkritik an der Hand eines gerichtlichen theologischen Gutachtens." Wraps detached. Heavy pullling and chipping on wraps. Head and tail of spine chipped. Some pages loose, pulling..... More
Vilna: Bi-defus Y.R. Rom, 1862. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, vi, 72 (2)pp., Original brown quarter leather over black paper-covered boards. Title page in Hebrew and Russian. Essays on Mishna Avot, on the students of Aharon, on the love for creation, and the desire to come closer to the Torah, in..... More
Johannesburg: Electric Printing Works, 1951. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 59pp. Original printed light blue wraps. "There is, cinsequently, neither a systematic teaching, nor an official view on Race and Colour in Rabbinic literature, only various dicta pertaining to the subject, It is therefore not a simple task to disentangle from..... More
Berlin: Ajanoth, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy. 4to. 225 pp. Introduction with Arabic numerals as pagination + 478 pp. of text with Hebrew pagination and index. Blue cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Nachman Krochmal was an important figure in the Eastern European Haskalah best known..... More
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (xii) [2] 372pp. Grey buckram boards with silver lettering on the spine. An intriguing and diverse collection of 14 essays on a variety of topics relating to Jewish philosophy and mysticism, from a number of leading figures in these fields..... More
Konstanz: Oskar Wöhrle, ND (ca. 1924). Hardcover. Large octavo. 175pp. Paper-covered boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Franz Rosenzweig's German renderings of 60 medieval Hebrew poems and hymns by philosopher & poet Jehuda Halevi. With footnotes. Text in German with some Hebrew. Heavy sunning and some age wear..... More
New York: Reconstructionist Press, (1970). First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author in Hebrew on free front endpaper, dated 1970. 8vo. 245pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Collection of essays on the modern American (based) Jewish movement, which was based on the ideas of..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xxx,458pp. Red cloth with gold-lettered black title-label in original dust jacket. Frontisportrait of Salon W. Baron. Published in honor of the eminent scholar, Salo Wittmayer Baron, this work contains twenty-six essays and a bibliography of Professor Baron's voluminous writings. Baron..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Lg. octavo. [8],415pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Collection of essays relating to the history of the biblical text. Some papers are general surveys of the field; some are programmatic essays propounding new theories; several are first publications of..... More
Vratislaviae [Bratislava]: Lindner, 1873. Hardcover. 8vo. 63(2)pp. Original wrappers, bound in 1/4 cloth over stiff card board with title plate. Ex-libris plate to inside of front board. Ex-libris blind-stamped to title page. Some browning to pages. Dissertation (for the University of Bratislava) of the renowned German-Jewish Orientalist and Jewish Studies..... More
New York: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. LIX, [1], 350pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Remarkable work on Maimonides and St. Thomas Aquinas in Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. Free front endpaper slightly soiled. Binding and interior in overall very good condition..... More
New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xi, 191pp. (17) appendices with sheet music, and 2 programs held in honor of Saadia Gaon. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Jewish Theological Seminary embalm on spine and title page. Collection of articles on the..... More
New York: Hermon Press, 1965. Second American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. lx, 490pp. Indices of subjects, names and Old Testament passages. Gray dust jacket, lettered & decorated in blue, over blue cloth, gilt. Spine of d. j. lightly toned & minor bump at top of text block, otherwise a fine copy..... More