A Rabbinic Anthology: Selected and Arranged with Comments and Introductions.

Cleveland, OH Meridian Books: Greenwich Editions, 1960. Hardcover First Edition (1960), unstated. We suspect this is a later printing. Very Good: shows light shelving wear to the lower extremities with a touch of crimp to the heel of the backstrip; a faint crease to the upper corner of the front free endpaper; very slight spine lean; else flawless; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections only. Not so very far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.8 x 1.85 inches). cviii, 853 pages. Extensive Notes. Appendixes. Glossary. Index. Language: English. Weight: 41 ounces. brown cloth over boards with embossed designs at the front panel and black and gilt titles at the backstrip. Dark greyish blue tinted top edge. First Edition (1960), unstated. We suspect this is a later printing. Hardback: Lacks DJ. This is a delightful book with an abundance of wisdom often couched in stories that can be used as illustrations for preaching or meditation on the nature of God and righteous living. Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore (1858–1938) was the intellectual founder of Anglo-Liberal Judaism and the founding president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, a scholar of the Hebrew Bible, rabbinic literature and New Testament. He was a significant figure in the contexts of modern Jewish religious thought, Jewish-Christian relations, and Anglo-Jewish socio-politics, and educator. Montefiore was President of the Anglo-Jewish Association and an influential anti-Zionist leader, who co-founded the anti-Zionist League of British Jews in 1917. Herbert Martin James Loewe (1882–1940) was a noted scholar of Semitic languages and Jewish culture. Loewe was a lecturer in Semitic languages at Exeter College, Oxford, from 1913 until 1931 when he accepted an academic position at Cambridge. From 1939-1940 Loewe was president of the Society for Old Testament Study.