Raphall, Morris J. Post-Biblical History of the Jews
AUCTION 24 |
Tuesday, June 29th,
2004 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg
Lot 11
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Raphall, Morris J. Post-Biblical History of the Jews
Philadelphia: Moss & Brother 1855
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
The Author (1798-1868) presents a well-researced text. Besides quoting ancient sources, such as Josephus, et al, the author has utilized Azariah di Rossi’s Me’or Einayim (Vol. I, p. 127) and the more recent scholarship of historians Peter Beer and Zechariah Frankel (Vol. II, pp. 115-116).
Raphall’s rabbinic career was overshadowed by his infamous opinions concerning salvery. At the height of the debate regarding the question of slavery in the United States, Raphall, rabbi of B’nai Jeshurun Synagogue in New York, publicized his view that slavery (though not in the form it took in the South) was endorsed by the Bible. See EJ, Vol. XIII, cols. 1551-2