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Bidding Information
Lot #    17312
Auction End Date    3/13/2007 11:53:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Epitome of Post-Biblical History for
Title (Hebrew)    Jewish-American Sabbath-Schools
Author    Sigmund Hecht
City    Cincinnati
Publisher    Bloch & Co.,
Publication Date    c. 1882
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    First edition? [5], 4-128, [2] pp., 210:138 mm., wide margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in the original cloth boards, rubbed.
          
Detailed
Description		    Scool study book of Jewish history, dapted from the German of David Leimdoerfer and considerably enlarged by Sigmund Hecht, minister of Kahl Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama. His purpose in writing the book, stated in the Preface, is to provide educators with a tool with which to teach young Jews that "the history of their people, after the close of the Biblical annals, is fraught with valuable information, with sublime lessons and with examples worthy of emulation....[to] fill them with pride for Judaism and make them its warm supporters and defenders.
          
Reference
Description		    Singerman 2992
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
Children’s Literature:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica