(Bible, English). Torah Nevi’im U’kethuvim- The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures. Carefully Translated According to the Massoratic Text, After the Best Jewish Authorities and Supplied with Short Explanatory Notes. By ISAAC LEESER

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $950

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

L. Johnson & Co

Place

Philadelphia

Publication

1853

Description

FIRST EDITION. Text in English. Printed in two columns

references

Deinard 847; Singerman 1271; not in Darlow & Moule

summary

THE FIRST JEWISH TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE INTO ENGLISH. Greeted with acclaim by all circles, Leeser’s translation has become the standard Bible for English-speaking Jews, especially in America. See J. D. Sarna and N. M. Sarna, The Bible and Bibles in America in: Jewish Bible Scholarship and Translations in the United States, pp. 84-90; Murray Friedman, Jewish Life in Philadelphia (1983) p.35

pp. iv,1011. Opening three leaves remargined, worn in places, endpapers detached. later cloth, worn, hinge split, a.e.g. Sold not subject to return. Lg. 4to

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