Studia Semitica: Volume I – Jewish Themes (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications No. 16)

Rosenthal, Erwin I. J. Studia Semitica: Volume I – Jewish Themes (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications No. 16). London: Cambridge University Press, 1971. First edition. 4to. (xv) [1], 366pp. [2]. Original taupe dust jacket, white and blue lettering on front cover and spine. Blue-grey cloth boards with blind stamp of Cambridge University seal and gold lettering on spine. Collection of articles by renown Judaic scholar Erwin I. J. Rosenthal. Topics cover Jewish scholars such as Isaac Abarbanel, R. Shlomo Yitzhaki (Rashi) and Saadiah Gaon as well as Christian scholars such as Sebastian Muenster and Edward Lively. Articles in English and German. Dust jacket price clipped. Dj with some staining to covers. Dj with minor close tear near tail of spine on front cover. Dj with light rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket in very good, binding in very good+, interior in very good+ to near fine condition overall. vg to near fine. Hardcover.

Articles include:
“Don Isaac Abravanel: Financier, Statesman and Scholar, 1437-1937”
“Rashi and the English Bible”
“Sebastian Muenster’s Knowledge and use of Jewish Exegesis”
“Maimonides’ Conception of State and Society”
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