Search Results: Titles starting with S from Dan Wyman Books

8vo. 329-342 pages. Facsimile illustrations. SUBJECT (S) : Manuscripts. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Katsh (1908-1998) was born in Poland and emigrated to the U. S. In 1925. In 1933, he began teaching at New York University, and over the following three decades taught Hebrew education, culture, language and literature there. In 1957 He founded the National Association of Professors of Hebrew in American Universities, and was elected president of Dropsie College in 1967, where he served until 1976. His scholarship won him many awards and fellowships, including the Jewish Teachers Association of New York's Avodah Award, the Rabbi Kaniel Prize of the Municipality of Haifa, and the first Charles Kramer Research Fellow of the Institute for Jewish Policy Planning and Research of the Synagogue Council of America. Katsh is well known for his studies of Hebrew manuscripts and fragments from Russia and Eastern Europe, his translations, and his essays on Jewish studies in the United States. (EJ) Mark on first… Read More

Milano: Galleria Carini, 1976. Hardback. 1st Edition. Original Boards with Original Dust Jacket. 4to. 303 pages ; 29 cm. The most expansive retrospective of Labó's lifework, published in the year of his death. Includes an introduction from Rafaela De Grada. Labó (1899-1976) was an internationally recognized painter from Milan, he exhibited his work at many Venice Biennales and taught at the The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. "De Grada (1885-1957) was an Italian painter.... (he) was Influenced by the Swiss Secession movement, (and) enjoyed success as a landscape painter.. Join(ing) the Novecento Italiano movement and (taking) part in their two exhibitions in Milan (1926 and 1929) as well as their group shows in other Italian and European cities. His participation in the Venice Biennale began by invitation with the 13th Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia in 1922. Having moved to Milan in 1930, he obtained a professorship at the Monza School of Art in 1931..." (Wikipedia, 2017) OCLC lists… Read More

New York: The American Academy For Jewish Research, 1943. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo. 346 pages. Gilt titles. First edition. In English and Hebrew. Includes index. Series: Its Texts and studies; v. 2; Variation: American Academy for Jewish Research; Texts and studies; v. 2. Contents: Baron, S. W. Saadia's communal activities. --Cohen, Boaz. Quotations from Saadia's Arabic commentary on the Bible from two manuscripts of Abraham ben Solomon. --Gandz, Solomon. Saadia gaon as a mathematician. --Wolfson, H. A. The Kalam arguments for creation in Saadia, Averroes, Maimonides and St. Thomas. --Elbogen, Ismar. Saadia's Siddur. --Higger, Michael. Saadia and the treatise Soferim. --Halkin, A. S. The relation of the Samaritans to Saadia gaon. --Freimann, Aron. Saadia bibliography (pages 327-330) . "Essays on Rabbi Saadia ben Joseph, a native of Fayyum, Egypt, and gaon of Sura, the thousandth anniversary of whose death was commemorated by Jews in the year gone by ... Edited by Professor Boaz Cohen. "--Editorial… Read More

New York: The Amaerican Academy for Jewish Research, 1943. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo. 346 pages. Gilt titles; blind-stamped cover. First edition. In English and Hebrew. Includes index. Series: Its Texts and studies; v. 2; Variation: American Academy for Jewish Research; Texts and studies; v. 2. Contents: Baron, S. W. Saadia's communal activities. --Cohen, Boaz. Quotations from Saadia's Arabic commentary on the Bible from two manuscripts of Abraham ben Solomon. --Gandz, Solomon. Saadia gaon as a mathematician. --Wolfson, H. A. The Kalam arguments for creation in Saadia, Averroes, Maimonides and St. Thomas. --Elbogen, Ismar. Saadia's Siddur. --Higger, Michael. Saadia and the treatise Soferim. --Halkin, A. S. The relation of the Samaritans to Saadia gaon. --Freimann, Aron. Saadia bibliography (pages 327-330) . "Essays on Rabbi Saadia ben Joseph, a native of Fayyum, Egypt, and gaon of Sura, the thousandth anniversary of whose death was commemorated by Jews in the year gone by ... Edited by Professor Boaz… Read More

1900. Paperback. Paper Wrappers, Berlin: H. Itzkowski, i1900. 8vo. 83, xxix pages. In German and Hebrew. Warmly Inscribed by the author ["d. V.", i.e. die Verfasserin] on the title page. SUBJECT (S) : Bible. O. T. Psalms - Commentaries. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Yale Univ Libr, Center for Res Libr, Wayne State Univ, Cornell Univ, Lutheran Theol Seminary) . Cover and outerbinding are missing. Some chipping and bumping to edges. Tear to right side of title page. Text is undamaged and clean. In Very Good condition. (GERA-12-18).

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1942. Cloth. Second edition. 8vo. 446 pages. SUBJECT(S): Sa'adia ben Joseph, 882-942. SERIES: The Morris Loeb series. Good condition. (RAB-57-13C)xx.

Hardcover. Oxford: East and West Library, 1956. Cloth, 8vo, 190 pages, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Ex-library with usual markings. Hinges starting. Good condition. (RAB-16-5).

Cambridge, Deighton And Bell, 1903. Hardcover. 1st edition. Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. Xii, 148 pages. 23 cm. In Hebrew and English. Contains facsimiles of Hebrew manuscripts with English explanations. Saadya [SAADIAH Ben Joseph] Gaon was the greatest scholar and author of the geonic period and important leader of Babylonian Jewry. Boards show some wear, with gilt lettering worn rubbed away. Underlining and marginalia on several pages. Good+ condition. (SEF42-26).

Hancock, Mich. : Tekijän Kustantama, 1926. Paperback. 16mo. 80 pages.   In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Finnish language; Medicine - religious aspects. OCLC lists two copies worldwide (Northern Michigan Univ. , Kent State) . Stain on front and back cover, spine a little worn. Very good condition. (FIN-1-39) .

Varshah; Tushiyah, 1912. Hardcover. Later Cloth. 8vo. 143 pages. 22 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Sa‘ar u-demamah (Storm and Stillness) ; the authors second book of poems. David Shimonovitz (1886-1956) , "poet and translator, known in Hebrew as David Shim‘oni. Born in Bobruisk, Belorussia, David Shimonovitz moved to Palestine in 1909, where he stayed for about a year, working as a laborer and watchman at various moshavim (communal settlements) . There he formed close friendships with the Hebrew writers Aharon David Gordon and Yosef Hayim Brenner. In 1910, Shimonovitz returned to Russia, but soon left for Germany to study oriental languages and philosophy in Berlin, Würzburg, and Heidelberg. During World War I he worked in Moscow as a journalist for the daily Ha-‘Am and the periodical Ha-Tekufah. In 1920, he immigrated to Palestine, married, and settled in Rehovot. Three years later he moved to Tel Aviv, where he taught Hebrew, comparative literature, and biblical studies at the Herzliya… Read More

Baltimore: Board of Jewish Education, 1946. paperback. 1st edition. Original printed stiff paper wrappers, 12mo (small), 14 pages. 16 cm. In English with some Hebrew. Includes illustrations and music. Immediate post-war publication. SUBJECT(S): Sabbath -- Liturgy -- Texts -- Juvenile literature. Judaism -- Jewish children -- Prayers and devotions -- English. Sabbat -- Liturgie -- Textes -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Judai¨sme -- Juvenile literature. Juvenile works. OCLC: 733544197. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Towson, HUC, NLI), none in the Northeast. Light toning to wrappers, Jewish institutional stamp inside front cover, Very Good Condition. (AMR-67-44).

Syracuse, N. Y. : Syracuse University, 1970. Paperback. 8vo. 24 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Sabbath; Leisure - religious aspects - Judaism. SERIES: The B. G. Rudolph lectures in Judaic studies. An American Reform rabbi, Plaut (b. 1912) was born in Germany and took a law degree at the University of Berlin. In 1935, he fled the Nazis to the US, and there was ordained at Hebrew Union College. He served as a chaplain in the army during WWII, and led congregations in Chicago, St. Paul, and Toronto, leading the Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto several decades. (EJ, 2007) Very good condition. (MX-20-15).

London: P. Vallentine, 1910. Paperback. 1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers Inside Protective Boards. 8vo. 17 pages ; 21 cm. In English. Includes a 6 page paper by Michael Friedlander titled, "The Life of Ibn Ezra. " "Michael Friedländer (1833 -1910) was an Orientalist and principal of Jews' College, London. He is best known for his English translation of Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed, which was the most popular such translation until the more recent work of Shlomo Pines, and still remains in print. " This brief history was published one year before Friedlander's widely influential four volume work, "The Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah" and was Friedlander's first published work about the legendary medieval scholar. Some foxing. Wrappers are separated from the contents. Creased, with small tear at the bottom of most pages; no text effected. Text is bright and very readable. About good condition. (SPEC-42-33).

St. Joseph (Mo. ) : St. Joseph Steam Printing Co., 1889. Paperback. Hardcover, 8vo, 2 volumes in one book, 320 pages. Singerman 3742. The second part is under the title: "The Sabbath in primitive christianity: with Jesus and the apostles. " OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Bibliotheque Nationale de France) . St. Joseph, Missouri was the base of the pony express. Nice 19th Century Western Americana Jewish imprint. Bound in period wrappers Lightwear to edges. Wear to cover spine. Otherwise, good condition. Scarce. (Spec-9-7-D).

Chicago: I. S. Moses, 1894. Hardback. 4th Revised Edition (expanded), Modern Boards, 8vo. 218 pages; 20 cm. Singerman 4736. The 1st & 2nd editions have only 194 pages. Isaac S. Moses was the rabbi at Ahawath Chesed-Shaar Hashomayim, what is now Central Synagogue in New York. He spent much of his earlier career in several congregations throughout the Midwest. Contents include: Songs of praise -- Morning and evening -- Festivals and seasons -- patriotic songs -- Songs of duty -- Songs for the primary classes -- Six services -- The flower service -- The harvest service -- The national service -- Hanukkah and Purim service -- Responsive readings -- Hebrew responses and hymns. OCLC: 11995880. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide of this expanded edition (Weslean, Moody Bible, Harvard, Gratz, College of Charleston, Princeton Theological). Institutional markings to modern blank pastedowns and copyright page, very good condition thus. (AMR-48-18A).

Syracuse, NY; Council Of Jewish Women, 1910. Pamphlet. Original Wraps. 8vo. [8] pages. 20 cm. Only edition. No date given. Sabbath services compiled by Rabbi Joseph Henry Stolz. "Given in Memory of Zilli Marshall by Mrs. A. Rosenberg and Mrs. M. Leopold of Philadelphia" - p. 1. Zilli Marshall, Mother of Louis Marshall; died 1910. Subjects: Council of Jewish Women - Syracuse, New York. Zilli Marshall - Memoriam. None listed on OCLC. Very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (WOMEN-2-16).

New York : Bloch Publishing Company [And] New York: Transcontinental, 1957. Hardcover. All first editions. Multiple items rebound in black cloth with gold gilt lettering. 8vo. 40, 54, 39, 31 pages. 26 cm. In English and transliterated Hebrew. "Jacob Weinberg (7 July 1879 - 2 November 1956) was a Russian-born Jewish composer and pianist who composed over 135 works for piano and other instruments. He was one of the founders of the Jewish National Conservatory in Jerusalem before immigrating to the U. S. Where he became 'an influential voice in the promotion of American Jewish music' from the 1940s until his death. " (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECTS: Synagogue music. Some wear to cover, otherwise Very Good Condition. (MUSIC-5-57).

New York : Bloch Publish Company, 1930. Hardcover. All first editions. Original paper wrappers rebound in black cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. 47 pages. 22cm. In English and transliterated Hebrew. Lazare Saminsky was a famous Russian-Jewish composer and conductor. While a student in St. Petersburg, he founded the Society for Jewish Folk. After emigrating to the United States in 1920, he became a board member of the International Composers Guild and music director of Temple Emanu-El Synagogue in New York. He composed the pieces for sale here on behalf of Temple Emanu-El. Minor shelf wear. Very Good Condition. (MUSIC-6-1).

New York : Bloch, 1924. Hardcover. Period Cloth, 8vo, 24 pages, 27 cm. SUBJECTS: Synagogue music - Jewish chants-songs Hebrew. Gottfried Federlein (1883-1952) was a German-American organist, composer, and teacher. He rose to prominence during the early 20th century and published a variety of anthems, chamber music, church and synagogue music, and much more. His name has once again made its way into the news after it was rumored that Hitler encoded into one of Federlein's pieces directions to a hidden stash of gold and diamonds. Bound together with Morning Service for the Sabbath. Overall, Very Good Condition. (MUSIC-5-7).

Mannheim : J. Schneider, 1860. Paperback. 1st Edition. Period Wrappers 8vo. 250 pages ; 22 cm. In German. Erster Band (Volume One) . A complete set of issues 1-30. Title translates into English as, "Sabbath Sermons: A Collection of Sermons for the Fixture of the Religious Sense. " The sermons included in this book where given by Rabbi M. Präger on Sabbath and later printed in this periodical. SUBJECT(S) : Sermons, German. OCLC + Worldcat list 13 copies worldwide. Ex-library with Jewish Institutional Stamp and usual markings. Edgewear throughout with some corners folded over. Some foxing, otherwise pages are clear. Book is in a protective box. Overall about good condition. (GER-58-80).