Auction 38 · Lot 74

Rosenberg, A[braham] Ch[aim]. Otzar ha-Shemoth [encyclopedia of names in the Bible]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(BIBLIOGRAPHY).

printer

n.p.

Place

New York

Publication

1923

Description

Five volumes. Second edition

references

Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America 228 (and see 1206)

summary

"The articles of the dictionary bear upon almost every phase and aspect of life, culture, religion, history, geography and Palestinian topography, as reflected in the Bible. The subjects are treated extensively. The erudition displayed and the mastery of the literature pertaining to the Bible is impressive...Rosenberg made extensive use of Jewish sources, and quotes frequently the views of the Talmud, of leading Jewish commentators, of thinkers, and scholars, on numerous subjects and themes" (M. Waxman, A History of Jewish Literature, Vol. IV, pp. 1104-5).

Vol. I: pp. (4), 22, (4), cols.570. Vol. II: pp. (2), cols. 571-816, pp. (3), cols. 1-300. Vol. III: pp. (4), cols. 301-908. Vol. IV: pp. (2), 3-534. Vol. V: pp. (2), cols. 5-556, p. (1). Top edges gilt. Uniform half morocco, spines missing or torn. 4to

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