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Stein, Leopold : DIE SCHRIFT DES LEBENS: INBEGRIFF DES GESAMMTEN JUDENTHUMS IN LEHRE, GOTTESVEREHRUNG UND SITTENGESETZ (DOGMA, CULTUS UND ETHIK) VOL. 1 (1872) + 2 (1877) OF 3 VOLUMES

Mannheim ; Strassburg : Verlag Von J. Schneider,, 1872-1877

First edition. Original red and black leather boards. 8vo. 382, 471 pages; 19.5 cm. In German. Title translates to “The Scripture of Life: The Whole of Judaism in Doctrine, Divine Worship, and Moral Law (Dogma, Worship, and Ethics) . ” Leopold Stein was a German rabbi. “In 1833 he delivered his first sermon in Frankfort, in which he pleaded for the introduction of reforms; two years later he became rabbi of Burg and Altenkunstadt (Franconia) ; and from 1844 to 1862, when he withdrew from public life, he was rabbi at Frankfort-on-the-Main. He was especially prominent as one of the leaders of the Reform movement” (JewishEncyclopedia.com 2017) . Contains Volume 1 “The Doctrine of God and Man (With Particular Reference to the Distinctive Doctrines of Judaism and Christianity” and Volume 2 “ON the Religious Life. ” Two of the three volumes published. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish ethics, Theology, Religion. OCLC lists 7 holdings of at least one of the volumes worldwide. Some edgewear. Red rot to cover boards. Some toning. Very minimal staining. Good condition. Important. (GER-51-88)

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