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(Mw) Back, Samuel : R. MEÏR BEN BARUCH AUS ROTHENBURG: SEIN LEBEN UND WIRKEN, SEINE SCHICKSALE UND SCHRIFTEN; GEDENKSCHRIFT ZUR SECHSHUNDERTSTEN JAHRESWENDE SEINES TODES

Frankfurt A. M. , Kauffmann, 1895

First edition. Later black boards. 8vo. VII, 112 pages; 22.5 cm. Written in German with Hebrew textual passages. Title translates to “Rabbi Meir ben Baruch from Rothenburg: His Life and Work, His Fate and Writings; a Memorial to the Six Hundredth Anniversary of His Death. ” Divided into multiple chapters. Very extensive footnotes. Rabbi Meir ben Baruch of Rothenburg “was a German Rabbi and poet, a major author of the tosafot on Rashi’s commentary on the Talmud. He is also known as Meir ben Baruch, the Maharam of Rothenburg” (Wikipedia, 2016) . He lived from about 1215-1293, and although he did not write a major work, he wrote “many notes, commentaries, expositions, and poems-as well as 1, 500 responsa. His disciple the Rosh (Rabbi Asher ben Jehiel) codified much of his teaching” (Wikipedia, 2016) . Blue marbled foredge. SUBJECT(S) : Rabbi Meir ben Baruch, Rabbinic Literature. Some edgewear and rubbing. Library stamps and some stains. Slight browning to pages. Minimal pencil markings that somewhat affect text. Good + condition. (GER-51-23)

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