Westmead, Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers Ltd., 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. 126 pp. Original green cloth with embossed gilt lettering to spine. This wonderful book looks at the history of Jewish commentary and homiletics. This is a reprint of the original 1913 - Leipzig (J. C. Hinrich'sche Buchhandlung) - edition, as... More about Die Pröomien der alten jüdischen Homilie. Beitrag zur Geschichte der jüdischen...

Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., (1852). Hardcover. 8vo. xii,174pp. Green blind embossed cloth, gold lettering on spine. Includes preliminary essay, Prayers and Thanksgivings for Particular occasions, and for The Seasons. Head and tail of spine and edges rubbed and bumped. Slight sunning to spine. Foxing to interior. Overall in good... More about Prayers for the Use of Families Chiefly Selected From Various Authors; with A Preliminary Essay;...

Cincinnati, Ohio: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. xvii, 342 pp. Brown cloth binding. Monographs of the Hebrew Union College. No. 1. Ex-library copy, belonging to Professor Eugene Mihaly, of the Hebrew Union College. Inscribed to Dr. Mihaly from Lewis Barth. Historical analysis and facsimiles... More about An Analysis of Vatican 30 [INSCRIBED

New York: Bloch, 1949. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. x, 314 pp. Original paper wrappers. Minor age wear to wrappers, ex library copy with just a bookplate on front endpaper but no check out plate. Ex Libris Harry M. Orlinsky, the famous Judaic and Semitic scholar. Contents include but are not... More about A Comparative Study of Judaeo-Italian Translations of Isaiah: Submitted in partial fulfillment of...

Berlin: Franz Duncker, 1871. Hardcover. 8vo. vi. 95pp. Paper covered boards. Work on the origins of the forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jakob,written by renowned Rabbi, founder of the Reform Movement and Jewish-German writer Aaron David Bernstein (1812-1884) a.k.a. A. Rebenstein (his pseudonym). Ex-libris plate of fellow Reform Rabbi, the acclaimed..... More about Ursprung der Sagen von Abraham, Isaak und Jacob. Kritische Untersuchung. [EX LIBRIS STEPHEN S. WISE

Boston: S. H. Parker, 1817. Hardcover. 8vo. viii. 224 pp. Full leather binding. Frontispiece, a map. Reference work to both the Old and New Testament of the Bible. Delightfully illustrated with three fold-out maps, one full-page map (frontispiece) and a genealogical table, as issued. Age wear to binding, with front... More about A Scripture Help; Designed To Assist in Reading the Bible Profitably. With Maps

Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1942. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. lxii in English + 247 pp. in Hebrew and Judeo Arabic. Inscribed in Hebrew by author on front endpaper. Signed by the former owner, Harry M. Orlinsky, the famous Semitic and Judaic scholar on title page... More about The Arabic Commentary of Yefet Ben 'Ali the Karaite on the Book of Hosea. Edited from Eight...

Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 1954. Revised. Softcover. 8vo. 79pp. Quarter cloth over original wraps. Bottom corner of back wrapper slightly creased. Minor staining to wraps. Mimeographed typescript. Originally published in 1940-41. Very good condition. Rare. More about Introductions and Critical Notes to Jeremiah

Leipzig: In Aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1846. First edition. Softcover. Small octavo. XXXI, 95 pp. Original blue paper wrappers. Introduction and notes are in Latin, text is a critical edition of the Greek version of the acts of the Apostles. Spine split, age wear to wrappers, marginal pencil marks and... More about Acta Apostolorum sice Lucae ad Theophilum Liber Alter. Secundum Forman Quae Videtur Romanam

Philadelphia: Herman Hooker, 1839. Hardcover. 8vo. 256pp (continuous pagination, with pp. 1-12 in Roman numerals). Brown cloth with black label to spine. Work on the Jewish prophet Elisha, by renowned British divine John Henry (see below). Age wear and staining to boards, with spine label slightly chipped. Owner's inscription to... More about Lectures on the History of Elisha