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Raphall, Morris J. Post-Biblical History of the Jews.

Auction 95 · Lot 315

Raphall, Morris J. Post-Biblical History of the Jews.

Estimate
$300–$500
Hammer price
$200

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

L. Johnson

Place

Philadelphia

Publication

1855

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two volumes.

references

Singerman 1409

summary

Morris Jacob Raphall (1798-1868) a native of Sweden, was educated in Denmark, Germany and England. In 1849 he was appointed Rabbi of the B'nei Jeshurun Congregation of New York, in which capacity he served almost until his death. This well-researched text quotes from an array of sources including Josephus and Azariah di Rossi, as well as the contemporary scholarship of historians Peter Beer and Zechariah Frankel. See EJ, Vol. XIII cols. 1551-2.
pp. 405; 486. Signature on opening title, second vol. lightly foxed. Modern boards. 4to.
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