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First edition. Later red boards with original paper wrappers bound in. 12 mo. 94 pages; 19 cm. Written in German in fraktur with large chunks of Hebrew texts throughout. Title translates to The Exegesis Among the French Israelis from the 10th to the 14th Century. Biblical exegesis. The Institut zur Förderung der Israelitischen Literatur was founded by Ludwig Philippson, for the promotion of Jewish literature...The society existed for eighteen years, chiefly through the untiring efforts of its founder; and its membership reached at total of about three thousand. It published, in German, about eighty works of Jewish history, science, poetry, fiction, and biography (JewishEncyclopedia.com, 2016) . SUBJECT(S) : Biblical Exegesis, Bible commentaries. Rebound. Original cover page restored. Slight toning to pages. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Very good condition. (GER-51-13)
First edition. Original green paper wrappers. 8vo. 141 pages; 22 cm. In German with some Hebrew. Title translates to Where Would the Ten Tribes of Israel be sought? According to Sources. SUBJECT (S) : Lost tribes of Israel. OCLC lists 22 holdings worldwide. Significant edgewear. Wrappers repaired, piece missing from bottom left corner of front wrapper that does not affect text. Minimal pencil markings that barely affect text. Publisher information pasted on page over original publisher information (presumably to correct error) . Minimal stains and rubbing. Fair condition. (GER-51-69)
1st Edition. Original Wrappers. 4to. 30 pages ; 29 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, ProselyteS: A Contribution to the History of the Jewish Race. Heinrich Loewe (1869 1951) was a German journalist, publicist, folklorist, linguist, philosopher, and Zionist politician (Wikipedia, 2017) One of 800 copies printed for the annual of the Soncino-Gesellschaft der Freunde des Jüdischen Buches. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish converts.
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 32 pages ; 24 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, A Designation for Turkey in Jewish Literature. SUBJECT(S): Inscriptions, Hebrew. Jewish epitaphs. Turkey in literature. Isaak Mark (1875-1949) (was a (h)istorian, literary critic, public figure. He graduated from St. Petersburg University and continued his education at Berlin University. He is the author of scholarly works on ancient Jewish history, Karaite history, and medieval Jewish poetry. He served as a librarian in the Hebraistic department of the Imperial Public Library. In 1907, he established the Hebrew-language scholarly journal Ha-Kedem. He was one of the founders of the baron David Gunzurg Oriental Studies Courses, as well as one of the editors the of Jewish Encyclopedia, a member of the ORT Committee, a member of the OPE. Library Commission, Vice-President of the Biblical Hebrew Language Lovers Society, member of the Senate at the Ministry of Public Education, secretary of the Semitic section of the Historical Society at St. Petersburg University, and full member of the Russian Archeological Society . In 1917, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Jewish Community; in 1918, he was a member of the Commission to convene a Congress of representatives from Russia's Jewish communities in Moscow. In 1920-1922 he was a lecturer in Petrograd and Minsk (jewhistory.ort.spb.ru) SUBECT(S): Inscriptions, Hebrew. Jewish epitaphs. Turkey in literature. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Inscribed in Herbew on the title page by Markon to Rabbi HP Chajes, the Chief Rabbi of Vienna and Zionist leader who was chair of the World Zionist Congress from 1912 to 1925. Also includes a stamp from Chajes personal library. Otherwise, pages are unmarked/clear. Paper toning. About very good condition. (GER-58-61)
1st Edition. Original Boards. 8vo. (lxiv) , 325 Pages. In German. Title translates into English as, Jewish Hygiene, In Connection with the 1911 International Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden. Max Grunwald (1871 1953) was a rabbi in Hamburg and Vienna and author of works on Jewish history and folklore. (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECT (S) : Hygiene, Jewish. Front hinge starting. Boards slightly worn and pages are starting to tone but otherwise in very good- condition. (GER24-7a)
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 57 pages ; 23 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, The Oldest Printed German Translation of the Jewish Prayer Book, Dated 1530, and its author, Anthonius Margaritha. A Literary Historical Investigation. Mieses (18821942) (was a) rabbi, scholar, and Polish army chaplain. The elder brother of author and scholar Matthias Mieses, Józef Mieses was born in Przemysl and lived there until he completed his high school education in 1900. Sent to Vienna to study in the rabbinical seminary and university, he was ordained as a rabbi and received his doctorate in 1907 Over the decades, Mieses published a number of articles in scholarly journals in Poland and abroad on issues involving Jewish culture and linguistics, including a critical study of Saadyah Gaons Arabic translation of the Torah and a supplement to Jacob Levys Talmudic dictionary. Following the outbreak of World War I, Mieses escaped to Vienna as a refugee, where he devoted himself to research in the citys libraries. In 1916 he was appointed a chaplain in the Austro-Hungarian army, with the rank of captain, for the Tenth Corps, whose headquarters were located in Przemysl In 1920 he joined the Polish army and was named chief Jewish chaplain, with the rank of colonel, serving until 1932. (YIVO, 2016) Margaritha was a 16th century Hebraist who converted to Christianity. He is best known for the 1530 book Der Fantze Jüdisch Glaub (The Whole Jewish Belief) . (Wikipedia, 2016) The book influenced Martin Luthers anti-semitic treatise On the Jews and Their Lies. SUBJECT(S) : Margaritha, Anton. Inscribed on the title page. Stamped on title page from the personal library of Rabbi HP Chajes, the Zionist leader who was chair of the World Zionist Congress from 1912 to 1925. Back hinge is reinforced with tape. Pages clear. About very good condition. (GER-58-59)
First separate edition (? ) . Original grey paper wrappers. 4to. 92 pages; 24 cm. Written in German. Title translates to Al-Harîzî As Translator of the Makâmen Al-Harîrîs: A Contribution to the History of Literary Transmissions. Interpretation of Hebrew literature, Arabic poetry, and Medieval Maqamah. Divided into three parts with smaller chapters within each. Includes bibliography, a table of abbreviations of biblical books, a table of other abbreviations, and a transcription table with Hebrew and Arabic letters. Also includes several pages of charts that track changes in texts as well as a several page excerpt of a Hebrew text. SUBJECT(S) : Arabic poetry, Hebrew literature, Medieval Maqamah. Very minimal edgewear. Slight toning. Minimal pencil markings and stains that do not affect text. Very good + condition. (GER-51-27)
First edition. Full set bound in half cloth and decorative paper for the year 1840. 4to. 762 pages; 25 cm. In German. Biweekly Serial. Title translates to General Newspaper of Judaism: Impartial Organ for All Matters of Jewish Interest Pertaining to Politics, Religion, Literature, History, Philology, and Belles-lettres. Volume IV No. 1-52 with some pages missing. German Jewish weekly periodical founded by Ludwig Philippson in 1837....as an impartial organ devoted to all Jewish interest, it at first advocated a moderate historical reform of Judaism as a revealed religion. " The weekly "was one of the first Jewish periodicals of Central and Western Europe. For many years it exercised great influence in other European countries...[and] played a prominent role in the struggle of the Jews of Germany for civic emancipation....It was of great influence in promoting a knowledge and appreciation of Judaism and its history and in fostering the inner religious and communal life of the German Jews" (Universal Jewish Ency. 1939, I: 188) . Subjects: Jews -- Periodicals. Judaism -- Periodicals. Jews -- Germany -- Periodicals. Blue crayon markings on inner title board. Significant edgewear and wear to spine that affects text with boards very loose. Moderate staining and toning to pages. Minimal pencil and pen markings that do not affect text. Somewhat dirty. Fair condition. (GER-38-13C)
1st Edition: Volume 1; Part 2. Period Boards. 8vo. [xviii], 388 pages; 20cm. In German. Salomon Plessner (1797-1883) was a German preacher and Bible commentator from Breslau. He became known as an eloquent preacher and defender of Orthodox Judaism In 1834 he began to publish his sermons in yearly volumes under the general title Belehrungen und Erbauungen. (Jewish Encyclopedia) SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons -- Germany. Some foxing/discoloration. Boards are worn and some edgewear throughout. 19th Century inscription on the back of the front board. In good condition. (GER-59-4)
1930-1937. First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. About 35-75 pages; 24 cm. In German and Hebrew. Title translates to Nachalath Zwi: A Monograph for Judaism in Doctrine and Act. Periodical. Published partially under Nazism. Organ of the Rabbiner-Hirsch-Gesellschaft. Began 1930, ceased in 1938. Important organ of German orthodoxy; contains many articles dealing with the life, thought, and correspondence of Samson Raphael Hirsch. Contains many important essays from Isaac Breuer (including his 'Der neue Kusari') , Elie Munk, Moses Findling, Harry Abt, Jakob Katz, Jacob Levy, Joseph Breuer, Moses Auerbach, and many others. These essays detail German-Orthodox thought and the response to contemporary events of the period (marxism, zionism, youth movements, Agudas Jisroel, the Prussian state, etc. ) . Subjects: Orthodox Judaism - Periodicals. Hirsch, Samson Raphael, 1808-1888 - Societies, etc. OCLC lists 21 copies. Minimal dampstaining and rubbing. Minimal markings and stains that do not affect text. Slight toning. Very minimal edgewear. Very good condition. VOL. 5 NO. 9/10 Significant edgewear that affects text with loose paper wrappers and library stamp. Good condition. (GER-44-28A)
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. Pages 33-72; 24 cm. In German and Hebrew. Title translates to Nachalath Zwi: A Monograph for Judaism in Doctrine and Act. Periodical. Published partially under Nazism. Organ of the Rabbiner-Hirsch-Gesellschaft. Began 1930, ceased in 1938. Important organ of German orthodoxy; contains many articles dealing with the life, thought, and correspondence of Samson Raphael Hirsch. Contains many important essays from Isaac Breuer (including his 'Der neue Kusari') , Elie Munk, Moses Findling, Harry Abt, Jakob Katz, Jacob Levy, Joseph Breuer, Moses Auerbach, and many others. These essays detail German-Orthodox thought and the response to contemporary events of the period (marxism, zionism, youth movements, Agudas Jisroel, the Prussian state, etc. ) . Subjects: Orthodox Judaism - Periodicals. Hirsch, Samson Raphael, 1808-1888 - Societies, etc. OCLC lists 21 copies. Minimal dampstaining and rubbing. Minimal pencil markings and stains that do not affect text. Slight toning. Library stamp and sticker. Very good condition. (GER-44-28B) xx
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. Pages 73-112; 24 cm. In German and Hebrew. Title translates to Nachalath Zwi: A Monograph for Judaism in Doctrine and Act. Periodical. Published partially under Nazism. Organ of the Rabbiner-Hirsch-Gesellschaft. Began 1930, ceased in 1938. Important organ of German orthodoxy; contains many articles dealing with the life, thought, and correspondence of Samson Raphael Hirsch. Contains many important essays from Isaac Breuer (including his 'Der neue Kusari') , Elie Munk, Moses Findling, Harry Abt, Jakob Katz, Jacob Levy, Joseph Breuer, Moses Auerbach, and many others. These essays detail German-Orthodox thought and the response to contemporary events of the period (marxism, zionism, youth movements, Agudas Jisroel, the Prussian state, etc. ) . Subjects: Orthodox Judaism - Periodicals. Hirsch, Samson Raphael, 1808-1888 - Societies, etc. OCLC lists 21 copies. Some edgewear. Minimal rubbing. Minimal pencil markings and stains that do not affect text. Slight toning. Library stamp and sticker. Very good condition. (GER-44-28C)
First edition. Original grey and red paper wrappers. 8vo. Vii, 60 pages; 23 cm. Written in German. Title translates to From the Past and Present of the Israeli Community of Worms. Illustrated with several black-and-white photographs and facsimiles as well as beautiful drop caps at the start of each section. Includes loose 5 page unsigned handwritten letter in German tucked into endpages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews Germany Worms; Legends, Jewish. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Slight browning, particularly around spine. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Minimal edgewear. Very good condition. (GER-19-8A)
1st Edition. Original grey boards with illustrated black dust jacket with photograph of stone wall. 4to. 266 pages; 24.5 cm. Also issued as FESTSCHRIFT ZUR WIEDEREINWEIHUNG DER ALTEN SYNAGOGE ZU WORMS. Guido Kischs' copy Contents include: Die Alte Synagoge zu Worms, mit 79 Abbteilungen (by Otto Boecher) ; Die Rechsstellung der Wormser Juden im Mittelatler (by Guido Kisch) ; Die Deutschen Kaiser und die Wormser Juden (by Adolf Kober) ; Aus den Anfaengen der Synagoge zu Worms (by Ismar Elbogen) ; Aus dem leben der alten Judengemeinde zu Worms (By Isaak Holzer) ; Die juedischen Altertuemer in Worms in den Jahren 1938-1961 (by Georg Illert) ; etc. A wonderful book. Includes multiple charts, diagrams, blueprints, tables, facsimiles, and photographs of art, architecture, and people associated with the synagogue. Mild edgewear to dust jacket. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Slight toning to pages. Very good + condition. (GER-51-37).
First edition. Original green paper wrappers. 12mo. 15 pages; 19 cm. Written in German. Nazi-era publication. Title translates to Don Isaac Abravanels Life and Work. Isaac Abravanel, commonly referred to just as Abravanel...was a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier who lived from 1437-1508 (Wikipedia, 2016) . He was a prolific author, whose works were categorized into exegesis, apologetics, and philosophy. Selig Schachnowitz was a publicist, cantor, editor, and teacher who edited a modern Orthodox magazine in Frankfurt Am Main before the war and authored several books. Schachnowitz wrote a short biographical summary of Abravanels life and extensive works. SUBJECT(S) : Isaac Abravanel. OCLC and WorldCat list 5 holdings worldwide (Harvard, Ohio State, National Libr of Israel, Bibliotheek Universiteit van Amsterdam, Straats & Universitatsbibliothek Hamburg) . Some edgewear. Browning to pages. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Very good condition. Scarce. (GER-51-5)
First edition. Original paper wrappers with Hebrew title in gold. 4to. 114 pages; 24 cm. Written in German. Title translates to The Frankfurter Mekor Chajim: Motion for the Five Certificate of the Association, 1874-1924: the Members Transited by the Administration. Includes loose pink flyer about the book in German in fraktur. Divided into 6 sections with multiple chapters within each. Includes full page black-and-white portrait of Samson Raphael Hirsch as well as two black-and-white photographs of a synagogue. Selig Schachnowitz was a publicist, cantor, editor, and teacher who edited a modern Orthodox magazine in Frankfurt Am Main before the war and authored several books. The Mekor Chajim of Frankfurt was the Bet Hamidrash for the Ba'alei Batim, founded by the "Israelitische Religionsgesellschaft. Other titles Frankfurter Mekor Chajim; Mekor Hayim. SUBJECT (S) : Orthodox Judaism, German Jews. OCLC and WorldCat list 15 holdings worldwide. Some edgewear, staining, and rubbing. Slight toning. Very good condition. (GER-51-34)
1st Edition. Original Wrappers. 12mo. 27 pages ; 15 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, The Meridian of Jerusalem. Vienese Astronomer Robert Schram (1850-1923) . Was an Austrian astronomer and geodesist. OCLC + Worldcat list just 3 copies worldwide (US Naval Observatory, Royal Danish Library, Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin) . Front wrapper torn. Small tear in title page with no text effected. Pages clear with little wear. Good condition. Scarce. (GER-58-70)
First edition. Later blue boards. 8vo. 8 pages; 22 cm. In German. Title translates to A Reply to the Speech Given by Freiherrn v. Königswarter on March 23, 1888 at the Meeting of the High Austrian House of Lords. Moritz Baron von Königswarter was a Jewish Austrian banker and philanthropist, and during the financial crisis of 1873 he rendered valuable services to the Austrian government, which were acknowledged by the emperor with the bestowal of the cross of the Order of Francis Joseph...In 1879 Königswarter was appointed by the emperor a life member of the Austrian House of Peers (Oesterreichisches Herrenhaus) . He joined the group of Liberals, and never missed an opportunity of speaking in behalf of his coreligionists (JewishEncyclopedia.com, 2016) . SUBJECT(S) : German Jews, Finance. OCLC lists 1 holding worldwide (Harvard) . Minimal pencil and pen markings that do not affect text. Minimal staining and rubbing. Slight toning. Very good condition. Rare. (GER-51-58)
First edition. Original brown paper wrappers. 4to. 80 pages; 23 cm. Written in German. Title translates to History and Legal Structure of the Portuguese-Jewish and German-Israelite Communities of Hamburg. Divided into two parts with smaller chapters and sections within each. Includes a supplement at the back of the book. SUBJECT (S) : Sephardic Jews, German Jews, Hamburg Germany. OCLC and WorldCat list 20 holdings worldwide. Minimal staining and folds. Slight toning. Minimal pencil and pen markings that do not affect text. Very good condition. (ger-51-20)
No date (1890s) . First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 359 pages; 21 cm. In German with some Hebrew. Title translates to Alumim: Opportunities for Temple, School, and House. Jewish sermons. No. 2 in the series: Alumim. Geistesgarben auf dem Gefilde der Homiletik. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons. OCLC and WorldCat list 3 holdings worldwide (Ohio State, Univ of Sydney, Duke) . Significant edgewear. Paper wrappers repaired. Minimal stains and rubbing. Fair condition. (GER-51-70)
First edition. Original illustrated blue boards with silver menorah and original illustrated blue and white paper wrappers with blue menorah. 8vo. 368 pages; 21.5 cm. 11 word signed inscription by the author in German in blue pen. Written in German. Title translates to The Jews of Bavaria in the Times of Change. Includes dozens of facsimiles of illustrations, portraits, artwork, and important documents related to Bavarian Jews throughout book. Also includes tables. Rubbing to dust jacket. Very minimal markings. Very good + condition. (GER-51-40)
1st Edition. Original Brown Wrappers. 8vo. 65 pages ; 22 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, The Emancipation of Jews in Schleswig-Holstein. Includes a history of Jewish emancipation before and during 19th-century. Contains black and white fold-out tables and frontisplate of Ludwig Salomon Steinheim. Slight wear to wrappers. Otherwise very good condition. (GER-58-76)
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 143 pages; 21 cm. Written in German. Title translates to The Jewish Community in the City of Göttingen from its Beginnings to its Emancipation. Divided into four parts with multiple chapters within each. Includes various charts and blueprints, as well as several glossy black-and-white photographs of Jewish cemeteries and facsimiles of important documents. In Göttingen there is a documented Jewish community dating back to the 16th century. During the Third Reich, the synagogue was destroyed in the Reichsprogromnacht on 9 November 1938, as were many others throughout Germany. The Jewish community was persecuted, and many of its members met their deaths in the concentration camps (Wikipedia, 2016) . Volume 10 in the series Studien zur Geschichte der Stadt Göttingen. SUBJECT(S) : German Jews, German History, Jewish Emancipation. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Slight rubbing to cover wrappers. Very minimal markings. Very good + condition. (GER-51-15)
Half cloth; 8vo. 60 pages; 23.5 cm. In German. Text on title page "1. Teil. Leben und Lebenswerk; " however, no more published. Includes bibliographical references. Zimmels, a rabbi and scholar, "lectured from 1929 to 1933 at the Juedisch-Theologisches Seminar, Breslau, and from 1934 to 1939 was rabbi of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, Vienna. Zimmels left Austria for England after the Nazi Anschluss in 1938 and in 1944 was appointed lecturer in Bible, Talmud, and Jewish history at Jews' College London. He became director of studies in 1961, and was principal 1964-69." (Alexander Tobias, EJ) SUBJECT(S) : David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra, fl. 1513-1573. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Slight toning. Minimal pencil markings that do not not affect text. Very minimal edgewear. Very good + condition. (SW-5-22A) xx
First edition. Later Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 46 pages; 23 cm. In German. Title translates to Instructions and Tables for Comparing Jewish and Christian Chronologies. Includes dozens of tables. Two fold-out tables, one that folds out to just over a normal page size and one that is 5 times the width and twice the length of a normal page size. Part of the series: Jahresbericht des Jüdisch-Theologischen Seminars Fraenkel'scher Stiftung. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish chronology, tables. OCLC lists 29 holdings worldwide. Moderate edgewear. Slight browning to pages. Minimal staining. Minimal pencil and pen markings that minimally affect text. Good condition. (GER-51-74)
