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RARE collection of studies in Deuteronomy presented to Professor C.J. (Casper) Labuschagne (b.1929), the eminent theologian and Old Testament scholar of South African origins, and renowned fighter for social justice in South Africa against the apartheid ideology in the church, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Besides the essays on Masoretic, Septuagintal and Qumran variations in the text of Deuteronomy, Deuteronomic elements in other biblical books, and the reception history of Deuteronomy in the Jewish and Christian worlds, this jubilee volume also includes a first edition of some Deuteronomy manuscripts from Qumran, Masada and Nahal Hever. 245x160mm. XII+305 pages. Brown cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Jacket upper edge slightly worn. Jacket spine edges and spine edges very slightly bumped. Jacket spine torn in the middle. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of recent studies in Deuteronomy is otherwise in very good condition.
RARE monograph on the history of the Biblical text presenting a new theory regarding the antiquity and the character of Masoretic activity by a leading Conservative rabbi Robert Gordis (1908-1992), professor at Jewish Theological Seminary of America from 1940 to 1992. 235x160mm. LVI+219 pages. Green cloth Hardcover. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover and spine slightly stained. Cover corners and spine edges rubbed. Spine edges slightly bumped. Text block upper edge age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare study of the Hebrew Biblical text is in good condition.
RARE monograph on Targum Jonathan (Targum Pseudo-Jonathan; Targum Yerushalmi) and its relation to the Jewish Halakhah by Selig Gronemann (1843-1918), an eminent German rabbi and scholar, who served as rabbi at Strasburg (1872), Danzig (1878), Hanover (1884), and was a member of the Central Committee of the German Zionist organization. 190x125mm. VI+164 pages. Quarter-cloth black board rebound Hardcover. Cover rubbed. Cover edges worn. Cover corners bumped.Spine wrinkled. Spine edges tattered. Spine rear hinge rubbed. Ex-library copy with stamp on page I and 2 stamps on page III. Front whitepage, title page and page I/II detached from binding with tattered edges. Binding visible on inner cover. Pen marks on front endpaper. Some page corner/s slightly chipped - NO damage to text. Some page edges rough-cut. Pages browning and slightly wavy. [SUMMARY]: This study of one of the most important ancient translations of the Pentateuch has sustained some damage (mostly external), but the inside of the book is preserved very well; accordingly this extremely rare book is still in good reading condition.
260x185 mm. XXV+657 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Spine slightly bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
295x210mm. XV+293 pages. Gilt hardcover and spine. Spine edges bumped. Else in good condition.
RARE FIRST EDITION of PART ONE ONLY of an early Hebrew study book written . Hyman Hurwitz (1770-1844) - a learned Jew who became first professor of Hebrew at University College, London. This study book was written when the author conducted a private academy for Jews at Highgate, where he established a close friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and corresponded with him. Coleridge once described Hurwitz as "the first Hebrew and Rabbinical Scholar in the Kingdom". In 1828, on Coleridge's recommendation, Hurwitz was elected professor of the Hebrew language and literature at University College, London. 200x130mm. XX+144 pages. Brown leather Hardcover with gilt framing. Gilt inscription on front cover ('as a token of respect from the author'). Cover detached, rubbed and peeling. Cover edges and bottom corners worn/peeling. Cover upper corners chipped. Spine missing. Ink slightly stuck to pages. Ex-libris sticker on front inner cover upper corner. Endpapers, whitepages and title-page age-stained. Some pages slightly age-stained. Front whitepage edge slightly torn. Binding slightly loose and visible between several pages. Pages yellowing and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition of a 19th-century Hebrew textbook for English speakers has sustained some damage to cover and binding, but is otherwise in good reading condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book's cover is very worn, loose or missing. If you'd like, we can send this book to be rebound for an extra charge.
This volume contains essays on modern Semitic languages, such as Neo-Aramaic, Israeli Hebrew, Syrian and Palestinian Arabic, Palestinian Bedouin Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Maltese, Gyeto, Beni-Amer, Ethio-Semitic, MSA, and Mehri. 245x160 mm. 288 pages. Hardcover. Spine edges slightly bumped. In good condition.
235x330 mm. VII+230 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover worn and yellowing. Spine yellowing and torn. Ex-libris sticker on inner front cover. Binding partly visible between some pages. Pages yellowing and slightly age-stained. Else in good condition.
190x130mm. XII+632 pages. Hardcover. Cover yellowing and rubbed. Cover corners and edges worn. Spine yellowing and worn. Inner cover and pages slightly age-stained. Pen inscription on first whitepage. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
VOLUME TWO ONLY. This volume includes an introduction and translation of Assyrian prayers addressed to the Assyrian sun god and still is one of the most important reference books in the field of Babylonian and Assyrian studies. Also included is a transcription of the original text, as well as annotations. 167x239mm. VII+339 pages. Red quarter cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and marbled boards. Front cover detached. Cover corners bumped. Spine loose from binding, but still attached to rear cover. Spine broken in the middle and dirty/stained. Spine edges bumped. Text block edges yellowing. Top page edges very slightly age stained. Pencil underlining on several pages. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is in good reading condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book's cover is very worn, loose or missing. If you'd like, we can send this book to be rebound for an extra charge.
24.5x18 cm. XXX+306 pages. Hardcover in dust jacket. Spine slightly chafed. Else in good condition.
RARE! This book includes 23 b&w tablets found in the ancient city of Drehem in Mesopotamia, translated with commentaries and introduction by Stephen Herbert Langdon (1876-1937), the renowned American-born British Assyriologist. 286x230mm. 25+XXIII pages. Softcover. Cover detached and slightly yellowing. Cover edges and corners worn. Spine torn and partly missing. Book partly disbound - pages 1-24 and XVII-XXIII still attached to each other but detached from the rest of the book. Pages clean. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is otherwise in good condition.
RARE early 19th century Hebrew-Dutch dictionary compiled by Moses Lemans, who also translated the Jewish prayer books into Dutch, and Samuel Israel Mulder, who crafted a new Dutch translation of the Old Testament. The dictionary includes data on Hebrew morphology and phonology, and a register of names. 235x150mm. XXIII+706 pages [+2]. Black quarter-cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Cover and spine bottom edge slightly bumped. Ex-libris sticker on whitepage. Pages yellowing and slightly wavy. [SUMMARY]: This rare old Hebrew-Dutch dictionary is in good condition.
245x160mm. VIII+259 pages. Gilt hardcover. Spine edges slightly bumped. Ex library copy with usual marks. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 245x160mm. XII+410 pages. Gilt Hardcover and spine. Cover corners bumped. Text block edges slightly stained. Else in good condition.
Board are covered with plain paper wrappers which are pasted down to boards. Scholar's name to ffeps in pencil (W. B. Sedgwick). Some pencil notes to a few pages. A bit of browning to pages. Vol 1 rear hinge cracked and reinforced with page. Fair to good. ; Vol. I: (1866) iv, 722 pp; Vol. II: (1861) vi, 575 pp ; 2 Volume Set; Vol. 1/2/2022; 1297 pages
250x165mm. XIV+195 pages. Cover detached, slightly worn at edges and corners. Spine slightly torn at corners. In fair condition.
IN HEBREW. 160x230mm. X+471 pages. Hardcover. Gilt spine. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners bumped. Spine faded. Spine edges worn. Pages 53-68 and 69-80 partly detached from binding. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
230x155mm. 249 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Gilt spine. Jacket yellowing and tattered. Spine edges bumped. Rear inner cover age stained. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
VOLUME 1 ONLY. Includes an engraved portrait of Johannes Simonis as frontispiece. 21.5x14cm. XXII+1086 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover peeling and worn. Spine hinges cracked. Ex-library copy with usual marks. Binding visible between few pages. Pages slightly yellowing and age-stained. In good reading condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
Contains b&w plates. 240x175 mm. xxi+111 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly curved. Spine edges slightly bumped. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
24x17 cm. 143+XLI pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
THIS VOLUME ONLY. 22x31.5 cm. Sides of spine slightly chafed. Title page of part 1 worn disconnected from binding. Title page of part 4 stained and worn on edges. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
THIS VOLUME ONLY. 22x31.5 cm. 399 pages [page numbers 761 to 1160]. Hardcover. Spine sides slightly chafed. Title page edges slightly crumpled. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
0265246792.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
