Yamim MiKedem [Biblical chronology]

Estimate: $150–$200
Hammer price: $225

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author

HIRSCHENSOHN, CHAIM.

printer

S. Zuckerman

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1908

Description

FIRST EDITION . Inscribed and signed by the author on the title-page.

references

Friedberg, Y-713.

summary

Attempts to reconcile traditional rabbinic sources, such as Seder Olam, Tosephta and the Talmud with the latest scholarly findings in the field 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). Original boards, chipped. 8vo.

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