Large collection of c.200 Autograph Letters Signed by Judah Even Shemuel (Kaufmann) written to Chaim Grade. In Hebrew with citations in German, Russian, Latin and English.

(GRADE, CHAIM).

Jerusalem

1964-1973

A fascinating scholarly correspondence reflecting a long-standing personal relationship between two significant literary personalities. Chaim Grade (1910-1982) was one of the great Yiddish poets and novelists of the last century. Judah Even Shemuel Kaufmann (1886 -1975) was a renowned Jewish scholar, philosopher, lexicographer and writer. His works included a study of Yom Tov Lipman Muelhausen, vocalized editions of Maimonides' Guide For The Perplexed and Yehudah Ha-Levi's Kuzari with extensive scholarly introductions, commentaries, and notes. He was the first General Secretary of the Friends of the Hebrew University. A rich literary correspondence interweaving a host of philosophical and theological observations and literary criticism. The letters contain critical reflections upon contemporary political events, social observation of various Jewish practices, insightful personal information concerning both Even Shemuel and Grade. References to Agnon and Bialik and others of his literary and social circle. Grade's responses to thus extensive correspondence is presently in the Even Shemuel Kaufmann archives in the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.