Selections from Our German Language Holdings

There are quite a few books in my stock that no one knows I have. Here are a few of them.


Beer, B. Leben Abraham's nach Auffassung der jüdische Sage mit erläuternden Anmerkungen und Nachweisungen. Leipzig, Oskar Leiner, 1859. Octavo, brown cloth spine with fraying at the spine ends, marbled paper covers, xvi, 216 pp., index, errata. Hardbound. Very Good. In German (41389) Bernhard Beer was an auto-didact from Dresden He became a volunteer preacher and a respected scholar. This title is not one of the ones attributed to Beer in the entry that describes him in the Jewish Encyclopedia.   $35.00

Herzl, Theodor. Gesammelte Zionistische Werke In fünf Bänden. I. Band: Zionistische Shriften. Band II/ III/ IV: Herzls Tagebücher. Band V. Das Neue Ghetto/ Altneuland/ Aus Dem Nachlass. In Five Volumes. Berlin, Jüdischer Verlag, 1934, 1934, 1934, 1934, 1935. Mixed editions, third, second and firsts, but uniform. Octavos, paper covers in dust jacket pasted down to the spines and flaps, frontispiece photo, 542 pp. + frontispiece photo, 647 pp. + frontispiece photo, 620 pp. + frontispiece photo, 661 pp., index + frontispiece photo, 555 pp. Dust jacket of volume One is badly damaged. Rear panel is lost. Minor damage to the other dust jacket. Chip to the rear panel of the dust jacket of the fifth volume. Softbound. Good. In German (40730)      $95.00

Jellinek, Ad[olph]. Studien und Skizzen. Der jüdische Stamm. Ethnographishe Studien. Vienna, Herzfeld & Bauer, 1869. 16mo, dark green cloth spine frayed at the head and with a hand-written paper label, shelfworn paper covered boards, x, 224 pp. Hardbound. Good. In German (39601)  Jellinek was admired widely among German Jews in the nineteenth-century for his homieltics. He was also an expert on Kabbalah and Jewish Folklore. This is one of his collections of Jewish ethnography.    $35.00

Kopi. Joël Gern; der Werdegang eines jüdischen Mannes. Frankfurt a. Main, Verlag von J. Kauffmann, 1912. Duodecimo, black cloth with white lettering, 110 pp., yellowed lettering. Hardbound. Good. In German. Rare. Kopi is the Pseudonym of Jacob P. Kohn. (40629)     $40.00

Scherer, J.E. Beiträge zur Geschichte des Judenrechtes im Mittlealter mit besonderer Bedachtnahme auf die Länder der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Erster Band: Die Rechsverhältnisse der Juden in den deutsch-österreichischen Ländern. Mit einer Einleitung über die Principien der Judengesetzgebung in Europa während in Mittelalters. [Contributions to the history of Jewish law in the middle age with special consideration to the countries of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Volume 1: The legal relationships of the Jews in the German-Austrian countries. With an introduction about the principles of Jewish legislation in Europe during the Middle Ages]. Leipzig, Verlag von Duncker & Humblot, 1901. Octavo, black cloth with a hand-done label on the spine, xxii, 672 pp., errata. Hardbound. Very Good. In German (41433)     $75.00

Strack, Hermann L. Jüdisches Wörterbuch. Mit besonderer berücksichtigung der Gegenwärtig in Polen üblichen ausdrücke. Leipzig, J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1916. Octavo, paper covers, xvi, 204 pp., errata. Softbound. Good. In German (41560)     $25.00

Yago-Jung, Dr. Ilse (Judith). Die nationale Frage in der jüdische Arbeiterbewegung in Rußland, Polen und Palästina bis 1929. Inaugeraldissertation zur Erlangen des Grades eines Doktors des Philosophie im Fachbereich Institution und Soziale Bewegungen der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität. Frankfurt am Main, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, 1976. Octavo, paper covers, 435 pp., notes, bibliography. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. (43171)     $50.00



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Selections on the History of Medicine among the Jews

A selection of books on Jewish Medical History. The last of our Medical posts.

Berger, Natalia, edited by. Jews and Medicine: Religion, Culture, Science. Based on the Exhibit at Beth Hatefutsoth, The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora. Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society, 1995. ISBN: 0-8276-0644-3. Quarto in dust jacket, 275 pp., b/w and color illustrations, contributors, photography credits, ink-stamps, wear to the rear free endpaper. Hardbound. Good. Preface by Giora Goren. Articles are "Why Medicine?" Berger, "Healing in Jewish Law and Lore," Samuel S. Kollek, "Medical Treatises in the Middle Ages," Ron Barkai, "The Marriage of Science and Ethics," Aaron Feingold, "Jewish Folk Medicine," Hagit Matras, "The Era of Modern Medicine," Thomas Schlich, "Jewish Doctors in Central Europe," Gerhard Baader, "Jewish Women in Medicine," Harriet Pass Freidenreich, "Sigmund Freud," Peter Gay, "Jewish Medicine during the Holocaust, Daniel Nadav, "Jewish Physicians in the U.S.A.," Theodore M. Brown, "Nobel Prize Winners," "Medical Services in the Holy Land," Shumel Nissan, "Israel's Health Care System," Shifra Shvarts. (81382)      $10.00

Berger, Stephen A., compiled and edited by. The Infectious Diseases of Israel. Jerusalem, Gefen Publishing House, 1991. ISBN: 965-229-073-4. Octavo in dust jacket, xii, 179 pp., seventy-five figures, references, index. Hardbound. Very Good.  (82510)     $35.00

Collins, Kenneth. Go and Learn: the international story of Jews and Medicine in Scotland. Aberdeen, Scotland, Aberdeen University Press, 1988. ISBN: 0-08-036408-X. Octavo in dust jacket, frontispiece illustration, xxii, 193 pp., b/w illustrations, tables, glossary, bibliography, index, small ink-stamps to the edges. Hardbound. Very Good-.  (76104)      $15.00

Feingold, Aaron J. Three Jewish Physicians of the Renaissance: The Marriage of Science and Ethics. Tel Aviv, American Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth, The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, 1996. ISBN: 0-9653735-0-9. Duodecimo, illustrated paper covered boards, 60 pp., two illustrations, source notes. Hardbound. Very Good.  (82506)     $7.95

Finkel, Abraham Yaakov. In My Flesh I See God: A Treasury of Rabbinic Insights about the Human Anatomy. Northvale, New Jersey, Jason Aronson, 1995. ISBN: 1-56821-425-1. Octavo in dust jacket, xxviii, 356 pp., notes, glossary, passages cited, index. Hardbound. Very Good.  (10039)     $29.95

Freeman, David L. and Abrams, Judith Z., edited by. Illness and Health in the Jewish Tradition: Writings from the Bible to Today. Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society, 1999. First Edition. ISBN: 0-8276-0673-7. Octavo, frontispiece photo, xxviii, 291 pp., additional reading, historical background, notes and credits. Hardbound. Very Good.  (66167)     $12.00

Friedenwald, Harry. The Jews and Medicine: Essays.

New York, KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1967. Octavos, gray cloth with gold lettering, xxxvi, 390 pp., b/w illustrations + x, 391-817 pp., b/w illustrations, works of reference, index. Hardbound. Very Good.  (66117)     $35.00

Linenthal, Arthur J. First A Dream: The History of Boston's Jewish Hospitals 1896 to 1928. Boston, Massachusetts, Beth Israel Hospital in association with The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 1990. First Edition. ISBN: 0-9626606-0-4. Octavo in dust jacket, frontispiece photo, xxii, 737 pp., b/w photos, maps, appendixes, general sources and abbreviations, notes, index of personal names, index of subjects. Hardbound. Very Good. Inscribed by the author on the free front endpaper. (20818)     $10.00

Nowak, Janie Brown. The Forty-Seven Hundred: the story of The Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing. Canaan, New Hampshire, Phoenix Publishing, 1981. First Edition. ISBN: 0-914016-79-2. Octavo in dust jacket with one tear along the open edge, xiv, 146 pp., b/w photos, chronology, sources, list of illustrations, index. Hardbound. Very Good. Edited, produced and illustrated by the Historical Study Committee. (15804)      $10.00

Preuss, Julius. Biblical and Talmudical Medicine. Northvale, New Jersey, Jason Aronson Inc., 1993. ISBN: 1-56821-134-1. Octavo, glossy paper covers, xxxii, 653 pp., bibliography, index. Softbound. Very Good. Preface by Immanuel Jakobovits. Translated and edited by Dr. Fred Rosner. (79939)     $27.00

Rosner, Fred. Medicine in the Bible & the Talmud: Selections from Classical Jewish Sources. New York, Ktav Publishing House, Inc., Yeshiva University Press, 1977. ISBN: 0-87068-326-8. Octavo, paper covers with a worn spot to the front cover, xiv, 247 pp., glossary of Rabbinical Authorities and Commentaries, indices. Softbound. Very Good-.  (30511)     $12.00

Rosner, Fred, edited by. Pioneers in Jewish Medical Ethics. Northvale, New Jersey, Jason Aronson, Inc., 1997. ISBN: 0-7657-9968-5. Octavo in dust jacket, xxii, 254 pp., index. Hardbound. Very Good.  (15637)     $15.00

American Rabbinics to 1950 - Third and final part for now.

 See Part One for introductory remarks. These items can be ordered through the Hollander Books website.

  

 Part Three

Price, Abraham A. Sefer Mishnat Avraham: kolel be'urim he'arot ve-he'arot be-inyanim kelaliyim be-khamah miktso'ot sheba-halakhah. New York, Defus Moinester, 1944. Large quarto, black cloth with gold lettering, 232 pp., notes, errata. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew. (62355)      $35.00

Pupko, Barukh Aharon, chief editor. Eidenu: sefer zikaron mukdash le-zekher rabenu ha-ga'on Dr. Dov Revel Rosh Yeshivat rabenu Yitshak Elhanan/ Eidenu in memory of Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel. New York, 1941/2. Octavo, black cloth with gold lettering, frontispiece photo, 138, 74 pp., b/w photos. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew with an English section at the rear (51938)      $30.00

Reines, Chaim Wolf [Ze'ev]. Ha-Po'el be-Mikra ve-Talmud. Ha-Po'el bi-zeman ha-Mikra, ha-Mishnah veha-Talmud ve-halakhot po'alim bi-yesodotehen ha-mishpatiyim veha-musariyim ve-hitpathutan ha-historit/ Hapoel B'Mikra V'Talmud: The Worker in the Bible and Talmud. Brooklyn, New York, Moinester Publishing Co., 1935. Octavo, blue cloth with gold lettering, 77 p. Hardbound. Good. In Hebrew (52110)      $35.00  

Reines, Chaim Wolf [Ze'ev]. Yahid ve-tsibur ba-Yahadut: mavo le-filosofyah ule-sotsyologyah shel ha-Yahadut/ Personality & Community in Judaism: Prologemena to a philosophy and Sociology of Judaism. New York, 1940. Octavo, brown cloth with gold lettering, 129 p. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew (56073)      $25.00

Resnick, Abraham. Ma'amar Daloti ve-li yehoshi'a: ve-hu ne'um le-Rosh ha-shanah. Bound with, "Hegyonot ve-hishtapkhut ha-nefesh ha-Yisre'elit li-fene aviha sheba-shamayim: ve-hu perush melabev al tefilat Avinu malkenu," "Ha-Noten imre shefer: helek felyetonim," by Abraham N Azrikom; Ch L Ehrenreich, "Nahpesah derakhenu: devarim ha-yotsim meha-lev ha-do'agim veha-haredim al Toratenu ha-kedoshah: le-hagen al ha-Torah," "Mi-dor le-do," by Tsevi Hirsh Lifshits, and "Sefer Peri ets hadar: kovets mi-kitve ge'one dorenu be-shevah etroge E.ha.K. u-mazhirim le-havdil me-etroge Yavan ve-Korfu," Salomon Marcus. New York, The Author, 1925. Octavo, blue cloth with a printed paper label on the front board, 30, 32, viii, 196 pp., errata, 64 pp., 56, pp., 130 pp., errata, iv, 48 pp. , yellowed paper - varying in yellowness, mostly only mildly yellowed, lacking the original paper covers. Hardbound. Good. In Hebrew. Information on the various additional works bound with the initial work by Resnick available upon request. (62007)      $75.00

Rizikov, Menahem, ha-Kohen. Sefer Sha'arei Shamayim: Helek Rishon. Marehet She'alot uTeshuvot al Helek Orekh Hayim. New York, 1936. Large quarto, black cloth with gold lettering, 208 pp., b/w drawing, errata. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew (19284)      $40.00

Rosenberg, Shraga ha-Kohen. Sefer Bigde serad: derashot le-Shabatot ule-yamim Tovim. New York, Pardes, 1930s. Octavo, black cloth with worn gold lettering, 279 pp. Hardbound. Very Good-. In Hebrew (62532)      $20.00

Rosenzweig, L. Bris Mileh (Circumcision). New York, The Author, 1916. Duodecimo, mildly soiled red cloth, 141 pp. Hardbound. Very Good-. In Yiddish (8040)      $60.00

Savitsky, Mordecai. Sefer Bet Mordekhai: ... kolel hadranim le-shishah sidre Mishnah veli-mesekhtot ha-Shas. Boston, Mass., 1944. Quarto, black cloth with gold lettering, 206 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew (19796)      $35.00

Schoenbrun, Menahem. Sefer Minhat sofer: al ha-Torah: Sefer Bereshit. Cleveland, Ohio, Yehoshua Raker, 1906. Octavo, black cloth, iv, 60 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew (62423)      $30.00

Segal, Joseph. Torat Leviyim: dinim ha-shayakhim la-Leviyim bi-zeman ha-bayit uva-zeman ha-zeh ... Helek Rishon. New York, 1948. Quarto, black cloth with gold lettering, 138 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew (62480)      $30.00

Shapira, Avraham Duber Kahana. Sefer She'elot u-teshuvot Devar Avraham: kolel she'elot u-teshuvot, hidushe halakhot u-ve'ure sugyot. New York, 1946. Large quarto, soiled black cloth with gold lettering, 144 pp. Hardbound. Good. In Hebrew (62599)      $25.00

Silber, Raphael Moshe. Sefer Marpe La-Nefesh: Helek Rishon: Al Shu"A Or"H:  Berure halakhot ve-hidushim u-filpulim be-harbeh sugiyot ha-Shas uve-shitot ha-poskim rishonim va-aharonim. Brooklyn, New York, Ha-Rav Naftali Halberstat, 1950. Quarto, soiled black cloth with gold lettering, iv, 188 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew (62438)      $30.00

Silverstone, Gedalia [George]. Bet Me'ir : ... derushim yekarim. Helek Shelishi/ Beth Mayir. Part III. A Book of Sermons. Washington, D.C., Romm Press, Inc, 1913. Octavo, fraying black cloth spine, soiled printed paper covered boards, 60 pp. Hardbound. Good. In Hebrew. (7831)      $20.00

Sivitz, M[oses] S[imon]. Sefer Mashbiah. Helek Sheni: Tikunim mashbihim bi-Yerushalmi ha-mefuzarim al pene ha-Shas kulo. St. Louis, Mo., Moinester Printing Co., 1918. Royal octavo, black cloth with gold lettering, xviii, 228 pp., errata, daf alef is worn along the edges and the first signature is a little loose. Hardbound. Good. In Hebrew (61668)      $35.00

Sivitz, M[oshe] S[imian]. Sefer Tsemah ha-sadeh: eshkol amarim. St. Louis, MO, Salz & Gellman Publishing Co., 1938. Octavo, brown cloth, 149 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew. Notes in pencil and pen on the endpapers. (15516)      $25.00

Sivitz, M. S. Sefer Mashbeah: hosafah le-Mashbiah ha-Yerushalmi asher hinen D. oti le-hotsio le-or zeh shete shanim be-Erets Yisrael ... St. Louis, B. Moinester, 1930/1. royal octavo, blue cloth, 34 pp., 147 pp. [second pagination represents another much older work bound-in with this book]. Hardbound. Good [with fair]. In Hebrew. Bound with "Tsohar la-binyan: be-Hokhmat Shelomoh ha-nikra Maharshal be-hidushav..." by Mosheh Zonenshain, Presburg : Gedrukt bay Anton Edlen fon Shmid, 600 [1840], a commentary on Shlomo Luria's "Hokhmat Shelomoh. Title page repaired , but with no loss of text. With repairs to the first two inner leaves with loss of the top open corners of the pages causing loss or obscuring text. Otherwise fresh and legible. (61526)      $75.00

Sofer, Moses. Hidushe Hatam Sofer masekhet Betsah meha-da.t. Ad sugya 4 "Mi-tokh she-niftar mi-tokh devar halakhah." Jerusalem - Cleveland, Mosad keren Spero, 1947. Quarto, black cloth with gold lettering, free front endpaper cracking at the hinge, 128 pp. Hardbound. Very Good-. In Hebrew (62570)      $35.00

Stollman, Isaac. Minhat Yitshak. Helek Shelishi: Vayikra, Ba-Midbar / Minchas Itzchok: An Analysis of and Commentary on Various Religious, National, and Ethical Problems of Jewry Today as Based on an Exhaustive Study of Our Holy Torah. Part III. Leviticus, Numbers. This volume ONLY. St. Louis, MO., Quality Printing and Publishing Co., 1948. Royal octavo, brown cloth with gold lettering, 272 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew (48112)      $30.00

Stollman, Isaac. Minhat Yitshak. Helek Sheni: Shemot (U-mo'adim shonim)/ Minchas Itzchok: An Analysis of and Commentary on Various Religious, National, and Ethical Problems of Jewry Today as Based on an Exhaustive Study of Our Holy Torah. Part II. Exodus. This volume ONLY. St. Louis, MO., Quality Printing and Publishing Co., 1941. Royal octavo, green cloth with gold lettering, 298 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew (42925)      $25.00

Taitelboim, Mosheh. Yismah Mosheh: u-vo ... hidushe agadot ha-Shas ... u-filpulim ... u-derushim le-mo'ade ha-shanah ... Helek Rishon [and only]. New York, Be-Defus Ha-Ahim Shulzinger, 1942. Quarto, soiled black cloth with worn gold lettering, decorative title-page, 36, 182, 10 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew (62435)      $30.00

Teiblum, Alter Hayim. Hegyone hayim: kolel be-tokho ma'amere derush ... : ve-nilvah alehem ... ma'amarim be-Idish uve-ivrit. Helek Rishon. New York, no date [1940s]. Octavo, dark blue cloth, 160 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. In  Hebrew (9967)      $25.00

Vaydenboim, Mosheh ben Shelomoh. Sefer Or Torat Mosheh: hidushim u-remazim al Hamishah humshe Torah. Oakland, California, The Author’s children, 1925/6. Small octavo, black cloth, 110 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew. Rare. (39900)      $95.00

Weiss, Abraham. Hithavut ha-Talmud bi-shelemuto/ The Babylonian Talmud as a Literary Unit: Its Place of Origin, Development and Final Redaction. New York, The Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, 1943. Royal octavo, blue cloth with gold lettering, vi, 264 pp., index. Hardbound. Very Good-. In Hebrew (61599)      $60.00

Widisky, Jerome. Torat Yis'rael: helek rishon mi-Shulhan Arukh Orekh Hayim Yoreh De'ah ...be-targum Angli.../ Toras Israel Book of Hebrew Law of Knowledge Part One. Yore Deah, Choshen Hamishpot and Eben Ezro in twelve parts, also one hundred and fifty lectures in Hebrew and English. Twelve lectures in each part delivered by the author at different occasions, touching on various topics of life, specially with worthy and beautiful fables. St. Louis, Missouri, 1926. Octavo, black cloth spine with marbled paper covered boards, frontispiece photo, 184 pp. Hardbound. Good. In Hebrew and English. Hebrew is on the top of the page and English is below (31402)      $35.00

Yom-Tob ben Abraham Ishbili. Hidushe ha-Ritba: al masekhet Mo'ed Katan ... Sefer Rishon/ Chidushei-Horitvo on Moed Koton, With Comments, Corrections, and Annotations, entitled Divrei Chibo. Prefixed by a biographical introduction dealing with the personality and history of the Ritvo, [born 13th Century] and his writings. The volume is supplemented with a treatise on the doctrine of Stare Decisis in the Talmud, by Ch. Bloch. Brooklyn, New York, Moinester Publishing Co., 1935. Octavo, slightly worn black cloth with gold lettering, 28, 156, 16 pp. Hardbound. Very Good-. In Hebrew (62591)      $30.00

Yudelovits, Avraham Aharon ben B. Sefer derash av: kolel derashot le-khol shabatot ha-shanah le-mo'adim uli-regalim... Sefer Vayikra. New York, 1924. Quarto, black cloth with fraying to the spine at the ends, 230 pp.  Hardbound. Good-. In Hebrew (61581)      $20.00

Yudelovits, Avraham Aharon ben B. She'elot u-teshuvot Bet av tinyana ve-hu Kuntres Kerem Av. New York, Be-Defus Rozenberg Printing Ko., 1919. Large quarto, black cloth with a small chip along the spine and with a printed cloth label on the spine, 164 pp. Hardbound. Very Good-. In Hebrew (62491) $75.00 

Zuenz, Aryeh Leib ben Moses. Miktso'a ba-Torah: Helek Revi'i. Al Shulhan arukh Hoshen mishpat. Hilkhot halva'ah. Pittsburgh, Penn., Abraham Benjamin Zilberberg, 1956. Quarto, black cloth with gold lettering, viii, 166 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew (62439)      $30.00

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