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(Xt) Krauss, Samuel; Nathan Ben Jehiel, ; Kohut, Alexander : TOSEFOT HE-`ARUKH HA-SHALEM LEHA-RAV HANOKH YEHUDAH KOHUT Z”L ADDITAMENTA AD LIBRUM ARUCH COMPLETUM ALEXANDRI KOHUT

Vienna, Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, 1937

Later blue boards. 4to. 4, x, 438 pages; 25 cm. In Hebrew with Latin title page. This is the somewhat ironically subtitled Additions to Alexander Kohut’s Aruch Completum. Part of the series: Publications of the Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation. Vol. VIII. Alexander Kohut “was a rabbi and orientalist...He called his work Aruch Completum or `Aruk ha-Shalem, and its production occupied twenty-five years of his life. The first four volumes were printed during his residence in Hungary, and the last four during his sojourn in America, covering a period of fourteen years (Vienna, 1878-92) ; the supplement appearing from a New York press; and the whole work aggregating more than 4, 000 double-column pages. Seven manuscripts of the `Aruk were used by the editor in determining the etymology of the words, and countless doubtful and corrupted passages in the Talmud were thus corrected and restored. Kohut identified in an elaborate special study (printed in the supplement) the often unacknowledged sources of Nathan ben Jehiel’s information, though everywhere defending him against the charge of plagiarism. The `Aruk has been justly characterized as one of the monuments of Hebrew literature” (Wikipedia 2017) . SUBJECT(S) : Talmud, Dictionaries. OCLC and WorldCat list 17 holdings worldwide. Signed by previous owner. Minimal pencil markings that minimally affect text. Latin cover wrapper loose. Minimal edgewear and rubbing. Ex-library markings. Very good condition. (HEB-51-5)

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