Targum Jonathan to the Prophets (Yale Oriental Series – Researches XIV)

Churgin, Pinkhos. Targum Jonathan to the Prophets (Yale Oriental Series – Researches XIV). New Haven: Yale University Press, 1927. First edition. 8vo. 152 pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine protected by original brown paper dj. The author, Pinkhos Churgin (1894 – 1957) was an important scholar. He attended Clark College and Yale University, where he earned his PhD in 1922 in the field of Semitics, as a student of the famous researcher Charles C. Torrey. He founded and served as first president of Bar- Ilan University of Ramat Gan, Israel. This book is a true first edition of the published copy of his dissertation, which has since become a classic and reprinted twice in the 1980’s. In English with Hebrew selections. Chipping to edges of dj. There is a hole on the spine of dj someone has cut out to make the title on spine of book visible. The date in Roman Numerals on title page have been crossed out with pen and the Arabic numerals “1927” written underneath. Dj in fair, book in very good – near fine condition. vg. Hardcover. (20046) $75