(Alexander McCaul). Nethivoth Olam

AUCTION 49 | Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Graphic Art

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Lot 43

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

(Alexander McCaul). Nethivoth Olam

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew text ff. 23. Title loose. Unbound. 8vo

London: 1838

Est: $300 - $500

“The Foundations of the Jewish Religion Opposed to the Torah of Moses” (title-page). Infamous, missionary tract in the Hebrew language, (originally published in English in 1837) translated by the apostate Jew Stanislaus Hoga. The work incited a storm of protest and critique by Jewish scholars around the world for “ heaping abuse upon our Sages". See: B. Z. Lask Abrahams, Stanislaus Hoga, Apostate and Penitent JHSET Vol.XV, pp. 121-49.