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Auction 49 · Lot 43

(Alexander McCaul). Nethivoth Olam

Estimate
$300–$500
Hammer price
Not recorded

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author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

Place

London

Publication

1838

Description

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew text

summary

“The Foundations of the Jewish Religion Opposed to the Torah of Moses” (title-page). Infamous, missionary tract in the Hebrew language, (originally published in English in 1837) translated by the apostate Jew Stanislaus Hoga. The work incited a storm of protest and critique by Jewish scholars around the world for “ heaping abuse upon our Sages". See: B. Z. Lask Abrahams, Stanislaus Hoga, Apostate and Penitent JHSET Vol.XV, pp. 121-49.
ff. 23. Title loose. Unbound. 8vo
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