HaMoreh Letzdakah [super-commentary to Maimonides’ reasons for the precepts]

Estimate: $100–$150
Hammer price: $100

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author

BUCHNER, ABRAHAM

Place

Warsaw

Publication

1838

Description

Second edition. Title within typographical border

references

Vinograd, Warsaw 156

summary

Abraham Buchner (1789-1869), assimilationist and linguist, advocated in this commentary to Maimonide's "Moreh Nevuchim," loyalty to the State, religious tolerance and "productivization" of the Jews. Significantly, his writings took on a hostile tone after 1848 when he began to translate portions of Talmudic and Rabbinic literature for the anti-Semitic priest Chiarini. His work Der Talmud in Seiner Nichtkeit (The Worthlessness of the Talmud), reflected these sentiments

ff. (2), 71, (1) Modern boards, 8 vo

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