Scripta Hierosolymitana, Vol. XXXVIII: Studies in the History of the Jews in Old Poland in Honor of Jacob Goldberg

Teller, Adam (Editor). Scripta Hierosolymitana, Vol. XXXVIII: Studies in the History of the Jews in Old Poland in Honor of Jacob Goldberg. Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1998. First edition. Quarto. 332, [4]pp. Original paper covered boards with gold lettering and printer’s device on front cover, and gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece portrait of Jacob Goldberg. The twenty-one studies on the Jews of Old Poland here collected explore many hitheto uncharted aspects of Jewish life and experience in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Crucial questions such as relations between the Catholic Church and the Jews, Jewish politics, Anti-Semitism and Jewish settlement are examined using the integrative and comparative approaches championed by Jacob Goldberg, to whom the volume is dedicated. Dust-jacket missing. Some discoloration on spine and along edges of covers. Previous owner’s signature on inside of front board. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition. g. Hardcover. (27528) $65