A SYNOPSIS OF JEWISH HISTORY FROM THE RETURN OF THE JEWS FROM THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY TO THE DAYS OF HEROD THE GREAT; GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT SECTS OF THOSE DAYS THE INTRODUCTION AND USE OF SYNAGOGUES AND SCHOOLS THE ORIGIN AND INTRODUCTION OF PRAYER AMONG THE JEWS THE UREEM AND THUMEEN THE MISHNA OR ORAL LAW THE GEMARA-COMPLETION USUALLY STYLED THE TALMUD
185940801San Francisco: Towne & Bacon 1859. 1st edition. Original gilt-stamped publisher’s cloth 12mo 187 pages. Greenwood California Imprints 1089; Singerman 1577. <br> Rare early San Francisco imprint for use in Synagogues and Jewish schools appearing just following the California Gold Rush. <br> The author was the "Rabbi Preacher of Congregation Sherith Israel San Francisco; Author of Class Book of Discourses on the principles of the belief of Israel &c. &c. " The work concludes with a three-page "Prayer in Behalf of the United States of America" which the author had initially delivered in Cincinnati. Scarce. <br> Congregation Sherith Israel was the first Jewish Congregation in San Francisco and the author Henry A. Henry was Congregation Sherith Israel's first rabbi.<br> A copy sold at auction in 2019 for $750 with buyer's commission. <br> OCLC: 1031393843. <br> Wear to base of spine otherwise Very Good Condition. B/1 KH-9-7-X. San Francisco: Towne & Bacon unknown
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