Emanuel Schreiber. Abraham Geiger: The Greatest Reform Rabbi of the Nineteenth Century.

Estimate: $600–$900
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author

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA)

Place

Spokane, Washington

Publication

1892

Description

Frontispiece photographic portrait.

references

Singerman 4430.

summary

This monograph views Abraham Geiger (1810-74) as the founding father of Reform Judaism. The author, Rabbi Emanuel Schreiber (1852-1932), was born in Leipnik, Moravia and migrated to the United States in 1881 accepting the call to serve the rabbinate in Mobile, Ala. He went on to serve a further seven congregations in cities across the country.

pp. xii, 111. Original printed wrappers, spine taped, few edges chipped. Lg. 8vo.

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