Jüdische Chronologie Vol. I (all published)

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Lot 172

Marcus, Aaron

Jüdische Chronologie Vol. I (all published)

Only edition. Frontispiece portrait. Between title and introduction, obituary of Marcus from “Frankfurter Zeitung” of 6 March 1916 pp. (6),112. Dampstained. Stiff wrappers. 4to EJ, Vol. XI, col. 944

Frankfurt a.M.: Jakob M. Marcus 1935

Est: $200 - $300

PRICE REALIZED $150

Aaron Marcus (1843-1916) remains something of an enigma to the world of modern scholarship. He was one of the few Orthodox Jews in Germany who totally adopted Hasidism in theory and practice. An erudite and most prolific writer, much of Marcus’ work is a defense of hasidism and kabbalah. His complete bibliography (printed on the back cover) reveals him to be a wide-ranging and eclectic thinker, tackling such diverse fields as: Hartmann’s inductive philosophy, Assyriology, and Jacob of Marvége’s She’eloth u-Teshuvoth min ha-Shamayim. The Chronology, which juxtaposes the latest findings of Egyptology, Maimonides’ Hilchoth Shemitah, and Azariah de Rossi’s Me’or Einayim, should prove as original and idiosyncratic as the rest of Marcus’ work. See EJ, Vol. XI, cols. 944-5