Moses Hess. Roma VeYerushalayim [“Rome and Jerusalem, The Ultimate National Query.”]

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(ZIONISM).

Moses Hess. Roma VeYerushalayim [“Rome and Jerusalem, The Ultimate National Query.”]

<<FIRST HEBREW EDITION.>> Translated from the German by David Tzemach. Frontispiece portrait of the author. pp. vi, 154 (2). Browned. Contemporary boards. 12mo.

Warsaw: Y. Halter for “Toshiah” 1899

Est: $1,500 - $2,500

<<IMPORTANT TREATISE BY THE FATHER OF ZIONIST SOCIALISM.>> The author’s anthropological studies of the liberation movements of oppressed nationalities resulted in his publication of the present text, in which he concluded that the Jewish people required a national center. The title “Rome and Jerusalem” (first edition, 1862) derived from Hess’s notion that there were “two world-historical races:” Aryans and Semites. The Aryans aim to beautify life; the Semites to sanctify i