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(Jt) Sherira, Hai Ben; J. N. Epstein : PERUSH HA-GEONIM `AL SEDER TOHOROT. Part 1 only

Berlin: H. Itzkowski., 1921.

(FT) 8vo. 80 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Geonic literature – history and criticism; Talmud. Tororot (Order) – commentaries. SERIES: Schriften des Vereins Mekize Nirdamim ; ; 3. Folge, Nr. 21, 23. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (JTSA, Yeshiva Univ, Duquesne Univ, Univ of Leeds) . Epstein (1878-1952) was born in Brest-Litovsk and Vienna and Berne. In 1925 he became a professor at the then-new Hebrew University. “He formulated the basis for a new approach to talmudic studies in which he trained generations of scholars. Early in his career Epstein devoted studies to books of the Bible and the Elephantine papyri, but the major portion of his life's work was dedicated to rabbinical literature, particularly to the Mishnah text. In the field of geonic literature, Epstein edited the geonic commentary to the sixth order of the Mishnah , the introduction to which had studies on the she'iltot of R. Aha Gaon. His contribution to the modern study of rabbinical literature was of far-reaching importance. Epstein's essays and reviews appeared in many learned periodicals, and he was cofounder and coeditor of the quarterly Devir (1923–24) , and edited the first 23 volumes of the quarterly Tarbiz (1930–52) . He was an active member of the Vaad ha-Lashon and presided over several of its committees. ” (staff, EJ) Has been nicely rebound, some pages tanned, good condition. (GER-26-6)

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