Auction 48 · Lot 267

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: Not recorded

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A. Waldie

Place

Philadelphia

Publication

1834

Description

Leeser, ISAAC. The Jews and the Mosaic Law. “Part the First: Containing a Defence of the Revelation of the Pentateuch, and of the Jews for their Adherence to the Same” and “Part the Second: Containing Four Essays on the Relative Importance of Judaism and Christianity”

references

Rosenbach 375; Singerman 578

summary

The Jews and the Mosaic Law was an outgrowth of Isaac Leeser’s defense of Judaism that had appeared in the American press. The boldness of Christian missionaries in America was of frequent concern to Leeser and was duly reflected in his writings. It was due to the positive impression made by the careful reasoning of Leeser’s articulations, that he was called to occupy the pulpit of Philadelphia’s Mikveh Israel - the base from which he established himself as leader of traditional Judaism in America.

pp. 8, (2), 278. Ex-library, Some browning, inner margin of title-page taped. Original boards, rubbed, spine taped. 4to

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