1970: Peeters, 1970. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 151 pp. Original printed wrappers. Wraps slightly sunned at edges and spine, edges slightly creased, rear wrap creased at lower left corner, very slight staining to front and rear free front-end papers. Pages unopened. Wraps in very good, interior in near fine to..... More
New York: The United Synagogue of America, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo.220pp. Original grey cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. This manual attempts to assist the teacher of Biblical history from the point of view of Traditional Judaism. Moderate rubbing along edges. Spine sunned. Minor offsetting on..... More
NP: Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1898. Reprint. Softcover. 8vo. iv, pp. 111 - 148, reprinted from Journal of Biblical Literature (1989 Part II). Original paper wrappers bound in paper boards with gray binder's tape. Ex library copy. Inscribed on front endpaper by the author. In this work, the..... More
Berlin: Trowitsch & Son, 1924. Hardcover. 4to. 100pp. Black cloth with gold lettering to cover. "Vanity of Vanities, sayeth the Lecturer, Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity." One of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, this work is ascribed to King Solomon. It consists of personal matter with reflections..... More
Philadelphia: Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1949. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 102pp. Original brown wrappers. Scholarly analysis of the Syriac Peshitto translation of Second Samuel, the oldest with the exception of the Septuagint. Text contains passages in Syriac. Date stamp on front wrapper. Signature from previous owner on title-page..... More
New York: MacMillan and Co., 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxiv,148pp. Maroon cloth with blind-embossed border on front board and gold lettering on cover and spine. Title-page printed in red and black. Interesting collection of essays by Joseph Jacobs dealing with various aspects of Biblical Archaeology. The essays originally appeared..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1927. 8vo. 138 pp. In English. Gray board, book condition: Very Good. Reprinted from the Hebrew Union College Annual, Volume IV. More
Amsterdam: J. L. Joachimsthal, 1878. Sixth edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxvi, 92,86, 68. Three-quarter brown cloth over red cloth with red title-label. First three books of the Pentateuch, Genesis through Leviticus, in Hebrew with a Dutch translation. Title-pages for each individual book. Includes Haftorah readings. The book was first printed in..... More
Göttingen: V&R unipress; Bonn University Press, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). 386pp. Original printed paper covered boards, with black and white lettering to spine and covers. "Chapters 60-62 of the book of Isaiah are considered to be key texts for explaining the origins of the third..... More
Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, 1987. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XXI, [1], 103, [1]pp. Original printed wraps. Fascinating work on the figure of divine Wisdom (Greek: Sophia) which spans a literary and iconographic history that emerges in, but is not confined to, the Hebrew Bible, Hellenistic Judaism, and early Christian literature..... More
Society of Biblical Literature, 1972. Softcover. This work is singed in blue pen by H.M. Orlinsky at title page- it appears to be his copy. 8vo. 245pp. Wrappers. Written in different mimeographed typescripts. Age wear and repair to binding, especially at spine. Additional signature to title page. Inside otherwise clean..... More
Oxford: Clarendon press, 1982. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dust jacket. A look at main types of copyists' errors in the Hebrew Bible. Very minor scuffing and creasing on dj, small closed tear along tail of spine on back of dj. Markings in..... More