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(Mw) Posnanski, Adolf : SCHILOH : EIN BEITRAG ZUR GESCHICHTE DER MESSIASLEHRE / TL. 1, DIE AUSLEGUNG VON GENESIS 49,10 IM ALTERTUME BIS ZU ENDE DES MITTELALTERS [INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO RABBI HIRSCH PEREZ CHAJES OF VIENNA]

Leipzig : Hinrichs, 1904

1st Edition. Original Boards. 8vo. [xxxiv], 512, [76] pages ; 24 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “Shiloh: A Contribution To The History of Teachings on the Messiah. ” Posnanski was an “Austrian rabbi; born at Lubraniec, near Warsaw in 1854; educated at the gymnasium, the university, and the rabbinical seminary at Breslau, where he worked under Heinrich Graetz and Manuel Joël, and at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he was reader to the Orientalist Joseph Derenbourg. While a student at Breslau he gave religious instruction in the secondary schools of that city, and officiated as rabbi at Reichenberg, Bohemia, from 1888 to 1891, when he was called to Pilsen. Posnanski (was) a member of the board of directors of the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judenthums at Berlin. ” (Encyclopedia Judaica) OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Inscribed to Rabbi Hirsch Perez Chajes by Posnanski on the title page. Stamp from Rabbi Chajes’ library. Pages otherwise clear. Very good condition. (Ger-58-47)

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