SEFER HA-HASIDUT: MIN R. YISRA'EL BESHT ‘AD R. NAHMAN MI-BRASLAV: ‘IM TSIYURIM U-FAKSIMILE
by Kahana, Abraham
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Warszawa: Levin-Epstein, 1922. Softcover, 8vo, 398 pages, illustrated, 25 cm. In Hebrew. Series: Antologyah le-miktso'ot ha-sifrut ha-Yisre'elit. SUBJECT (S) : Hasidim -- Biography. Kahana (1874-1946) was a "biblical scholar and historian. Kahana, who was born in Skomorochy, Russia, was self-educated and started writing on Jewish subjects at an early date. In 1923 he emigrated to Palestine where he engaged in teaching and also served as librarian at the Sha'ar Zion library in Tel Aviv. From 1903 onward, he edited the Hebrew Bible, with a critical commentary and introductions, he himself being responsible for Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Ezra, and Nehemiah. The project, with which H. P. Chajes, A. Kaminka, S. Krauss, F. Perles, M. L. Margolis, and others were associated, was, however, not completed. Kahana also edited the two-volume Apocrypha, which went through many reprints. He translated part of the Greek text into Hebrew, added commentary and introductions to each book, and took care of a considerable number of the apocryphal and pseudepigraphical books himself. Kahana wrote the introduction to D. Ginzburg's edition of the Mantua version of Josippon. His historical writings include: Korot ha-Yehudim be-Roma based on the works of A. Berliner and that of H. Vogelstein and P. Rieger; a biography in Hebrew of M. H. Luzzatto; an edition of Leone de Modena's autobiography; and an edition of the travel diary of David Reuveni. Kahana also published a two-volume historical anthology, Sifrut ha-Historyah ha-Yisre'elit, and an anthology on ? Asidism, Sefer ha-? Asidut. His interest in the ? Asidic movement is also shown by his biography of Israel b. Eliezer Ba'al Shem Tov and his edition of Sippurei Ma'asiyyot shel R. Nahman mi-Bratslav. Kahana's contribution to linguistics consisted of a Hebrew grammar, a translation into Hebrew of S. D. Luzzatto's grammar, and a Russian-Hebrew dictionary" (Berenbaum and Skolnik in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Hinge repair. Book broken into sections. Wear to edges of pages. Otherwise, good condition. (Hasid-6-12).
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- SEFER HA-HASIDUT: MIN R. YISRA'EL BESHT ‘AD R. NAHMAN MI-BRASLAV: ‘IM TSIYURIM U-FAKSIMILE
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- Kahana, Abraham
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- Warszawa: Levin-Epstein
- Date Published
- 1922
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- Judaica Jewish, Biblical Old Testament, Tanakh, Judaism Jewry, Juif Juives, Juden Judisch, Joden Judios, Religious Religion, Hassidic Hasidic
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