Tekanoth asher Yesodu Anshei Shem Sanhedrin - Décisions Doctrinales du Grand Sanhedrin

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $1,100

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author

(FRENCH JUDAICA).

printer

for the Consistoire Central des Israelites

Place

Paris

Publication

1812

Description

FIRST EDITION. Text in French and Hebrew. The Michael Zagayski Copy

references

Vinograd, Paris 108

summary

Convened by Napoleon in 1806, the Paris Sanhedrin formulated rulings concerning civil issues that faced the Jews who had become enfranchised citizens of a centralised modern democratic state. See S. Schwarzfuchs, Napoleon, the Jews and the Sanhedrin ( 1979) pp.88-114

pp. 72. Lightly foxed in places. Modern half-calf over marbled boards. 4to

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