Grace Aguilar. Shema Yisrael - The Spirit of Judaism. Edited by Isaac Leeser.

Estimate: $600–$900
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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

C. Sherman

Place

Philadelphia

Publication

1842

Description

English interspersed with Hebrew. First American Edition. Manuscript presentation inscription in both English and Hebrew by Jacob Ezekiel, Richmond, Virginia, 1842.

references

Rosenbach 488; Singerman 767.

summary

Grace Aguilar (1816-1847) was an English Jewess of Portuguese Marrano descent. Leeser published The Spirit of Judaism, Aguilar`s theological work for women, after having edited the manuscript for thirteen months. In the Editor`s Preface, Leeser notes a point of difference between Miss Aguilar and himself, notably Aguilar`s aversion to Rabbinic tradition, or the Oral Law. See L. J. Sussman, Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism (1995) pp. 133-34.

pp. (12), 255. Trace foxed. Original boards, recased, new endpapers. 8vo.

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