Abraham Samson (Shapurkar). The Truth and Divinity of the Holy Writ.
AUCTION 60 |
Thursday, November 14th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 169
(INDIA).
Abraham Samson (Shapurkar). The Truth and Divinity of the Holy Writ.
Bombay: Javaji Dadaji’s “Nirnaya-Sagar” Press 1897
Est: $800 - $1,000
Rare: WorldCat lists but a single copy in JNUL.
The author refers in his English footnotes to various 19th-century Jewish authors, both English and American: Grace Aguilar, Dr. Alexander Kohut, Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf, Dr. I.M. Wise, Dr. D. Philipson, M. Friedländer - as well as to classics such as Menasseh ben Israel’s Conciliator.
Abraham Samson Shapulkar is billed on the title-page as “Head School Master, 22nd Bombay Infantry.” He later authored a Hebrew biography of Samuel Ezekiel Dibkar (1927) as well as texts on military matters. See Rebecca Reuben (ed.) The Bene-Israel Annual and Year Book, (Bombay, 1918), p. 70.