Rosenzweig, Gershon. Masechta America...Talmud Yankee

AUCTION 4 |
Tuesday, March 03rd,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 201
(PARODY)
Rosenzweig, Gershon. Masechta America...Talmud Yankee
Vilna: 1894
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $400
Satire of American-Jewish life written in the traditional Talmudic style. The author dedicates the work to “Dodi R. Shmuel Hanagid” - more familiarly known as Uncle Sam. See I. Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature (1966) p.247. A later edition is illustrated in The New York Public Library Catalogue, A Sign and a Witness (1988) p. 211