The History of Antiochus Epiphanes or the Institution of the Feast of Dedication / Megillath Antiyochus.

AUCTION 54 | Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 156

(INDIA).

The History of Antiochus Epiphanes or the Institution of the Feast of Dedication / Megillath Antiyochus.

Title-page in English, Hebrew and Marathi. Marathi text interspersed with Hebrew. Includes blessings for Chanukah. pp. 15, (1). Browned, expertly remargined with some minor loss. Original pink printed wrappers. 8vo. Not listed in Ya’ari.

Bombay: 1866

Est: $600 - $900

Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurker (1834-1905) translated several works from Hebrew to Marathi, the indigenous language of the Bene-Israel Jews. He was Head Master of the David Sassoon Benevolent Institution, Fellow and Hebrew Examiner of the University of Bombay, and a Justice of the Peace. See H. S. Kehimkar, The History of the Bene-Israel of India (1937), pp. 69-70.