(“Ben Uziel”). Igroth Tzaphun. Neunzehn Briefe über Judenthum [“Ninteen Letters About Judaism.”]

HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL.

Johann Friedrich Hammerich

Altona

1836

FIRST EDITION. German interspersed with Hebrew.

RABBI SAMSON RAPHAEL HIRSCH’S eLEGANT DEFENsE OF TRADITIONAL JUDAISM. Written in the form of an exchange of letters between two thoughtful young men: Benjamin, an idealist impressed by society’s rapid progress in the arts and sciences, and Naphtali, an earnest young Rabbi. “The Ninteen Letters” was immensely popular for its lucid presentation of Judaism before a rationalist audience. See E. Klugman, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1996) pp. 59-67.