Neuhebräisches und Chaldäisches Wörterbuch über die Talmudim und Midraschim. With notes by Heinrich Fleischer.
AUCTION 57 |
Thursday, January 31st,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 148
LEVY, JACOB.
Neuhebräisches und Chaldäisches Wörterbuch über die Talmudim und Midraschim. With notes by Heinrich Fleischer.
Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus 1876-79
Est: $500 - $700
Accompanied by Offprint: Nachträge und Berichtigunen zu Jacob Levys Wörterbuch. Berlin, 1924.
“Jacob Levy (1819-92) is widely regarded as the founder of modern critical rabbinic lexicography and his dictionary had a tremendous influence on subsequent scholarship. In particular, Levy is credited with promoting the importance of the study of Syriac for determining the correct reading and/or etymology of a given word.” See www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/cajs/jastrow/10.html.