(“Ben Uziel”). Igroth Tzaphun. Neunzehn Briefe über Judenthum [“Ninteen Letters About Judaism.”]

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Lot 143

HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL.

(“Ben Uziel”). Igroth Tzaphun. Neunzehn Briefe über Judenthum [“Ninteen Letters About Judaism.”]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> German interspersed with Hebrew. pp. viii, 111, (1 blank), (2). Foxed, neat repair to upper corner of title. Modern calf. 8vo.

Altona: Johann Friedrich Hammerich 1836

Est: $800 - $1,000

<<RABBI SAMSON RAPHAEL HIRSCH’S eLEGANT DEFENsE OF TRADITIONAL JUDAISM.>> Written in the form of an exchange of letters between two thoughtful young men: Benjamin, an idealist impressed by society’s rapid progress in the arts and sciences, and Naphtali, an earnest young Rabbi. “The Ninteen Letters” was immensely popular for its lucid presentation of Judaism before a rationalist audience. See E. Klugman, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1996) pp. 59-67.