(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 50

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KOHLER, KAUFMANN. Jewish Reform. Movement to the Abandonment of the Mosaic Sabbath. pp.8. Brittle, chipped at outer margins. Original printed wrappers. [cf. Singerman 2400]. Lg. 8vo. Chicago, n.p. 1875. * Backwards or Forwards? A Series of Discourses on Reform Judaism. pp.(1),40. Few light stains in places. Original printed wrappers. Lg. 8vo. [Singerman 3358]. New York, Stettiner, Lambert & Co, 1885. * The Kaddish: Its Origin and Significance. pp. (1),11. Lightly browned. Original printed wrapper, chipped, lacking lower cover. Lg. 8vo. [Singerman 4368]. New York, Philip Cowen, 1892. * Moses and Jesus. pp.14. Browned. Original printed wrappers, chipped. Lg. 8vo. [Singerman 4369]. New York, Philip Cowen, 1892. * The Psalms and Their Place in the Liturgy. pp. (1),38. Lightly browned. Original printed wrappers, chipped. Lg. 8vo. [cf. Singerman S100]. Philadelphia, n.p. 1897. * Guide for Instruction in Judaism: A Manual for Schools and Homes. pp. viii,9-138. Lightly browned. Original green cloth. Sm. 8vo. [cf. Singerman 5398]. New York, Philip Cowen, 1900

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Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,000

Kaufmann Kohler (1843-1926) born in Fürth, was a student of two of the towering figures of contemporary German Orthodoxy, Jacob Ettlinger and Samson Raphael Hirsch in his youth, however Kohler adopted Reform practices while a student. Unable to secure a rabbinic position in Germany, he immigrated to America in 1869 where he served as rabbi in Detroit and Chicago before succeeding his father-in-law R. David Einhorn, as rabbi of New York’s Congregation Beth-El. In 1903, he was appointed president of Hebrew Union College. Kohler was a leading exponent of radical reform in America altering the curriculum at HUC to reflect his extremist theology