Lazare

1865 · 39647 — Paris; L. Blum 1865. Period boards.16mo. 148 4 pages. 16 cm. 1st edition . In Hebrew and French. Rebound in later brown cloth with fine decorative gilt lettering on cover and on backstrip. Last 4 pages contain sheet music. Title translates as: “Haggadah or Ceremonies for the First Two Nights of Passover according to the Rites of the German and Portuguese Israelites.†<br> Written by L. Blum revised and corrected by Lazare Wogue 1817–1897. Wogue was a “French rabbi scholar and journalist born in Fontainebleau and ordained in 1843 at the École Centrale Rabbinique in Metz. In 1851 he began to teach German and theology there in 1859 it became the Séminaire Israélite de France and was transferred to Paris retaining his two chairs until his retirement in 1894. From 1868 Wogue was also director of the talmud torah of the Séminaire Israélite. The most important of his many scholarly works is a translation of the Pentateuch with commentaries 1860–69 which is the one used in the Bible du Rabbinat edited by Z. Kahn. <br> Among his other publications are Le Rabbinat Français au XIXe siècle 1843 Le Guide du Croyant Israélite 1857 18982 Histoire de la Bible et de l'Exégèse biblique jusqu'à nos jours 1881 a French translation 1882 of the first two volumes of Geschichte der Juden by H. Graetz Esquisse d'une théologie juive 1887 and La Prédication Israélite en France 1890. He also translated various Hebrew works. <br> Among the manuscripts he left is a tract on theology. A prolific writer Wogue wrote many articles which were published in such Jewish periodicals as La Paix and l'Union Israélite. He was editor in chief of l'Univers Israélite during 1879–95.†2007 Encyclopedia Judaica . Yudlov 1263; Yaari 936. Subjects: Haggadot - Texts. Seder - Liturgy - Texts. Judaism - Liturgy - Texts. OCLC: 437267882. OCLC locates 6 copies worldwide Biblio Natl France Staatsbiblio Berlin JTSA Penn Brown NLI . Spine rebacked lacks bank endpapers. Good condition. BK5 HAG-9-7. Paris; L. Blum unknown