La Bible Traduite Du Texte Original Par Les Membres Du Rabbinat Francais Eicha, Esther, Shir Ha Shirim and Iyov by Kahn, Zadoc

Paris: Les Textes Sacres. Good. First Edition. Leather Bound. French and Hebrew text. This volume has marbled papers with 1/4 leather binding. Clean inside, undated. Most of the pages are on acid-free paper. This volume include Eicha (Ecclasiates) , Esther, Shir ha Shirim (Song of Songs) and Iyov (Job). According to the Encyclopedia Judaica, Zadoc (Zadig) Kahn 1839-1905, Kahn became the assistant to Chief Rabbi Isidor Lazare of Paris in 1866, appointed over many candidates in 1868, determined by his excellent thesis 'L'Esclavage selon la Bibile et le Talmud". He was very involved with the practical problems of settlement in Erez Israel...he witnessed the birth of the Zionist Movement, sympathizing with Herzl, "but officially he adopted the view that French Jews must in all aspecits of their lives be faithful citizens of France alone and must therefore reject the idea of a Jewish state in Palestine". Measures approximately 14x11x1.25 inches .