Yamim mi-Kedem [Biblical chronology]

Estimate: $100–$150
Hammer price: $50

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author

HIRSCHENSOHN, CHAIM

printer

S. Zuckerman

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1908

Description

On title, stamp of former owner, Rabbi B. Boruchoff, Malden, Mass

references

Friedberg, Y-713

summary

Attempts to reconcile traditional rabbinic sources, such as Seder Olam, Tosephta, and Talmud with the latest findings of Egyptology. The Author, Chaim Hirschensohn (1857-1935), a native of Jerusalem and a man of iconoclastic opinions, served as Rabbi of Hoboken, New Jersey. See EJ, Vol. VIII, cols. 521-22

pp. (2), 8, 246, 37, (3). Title page starting, few leaves browned. Contemporary boards. 8vo

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