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Bidding Information
Lot #    24166
Auction End Date    7/7/2009 12:32:05 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Psalms
Title (Hebrew)    תהלים אונד נביאים אחרונים
Author    [Bible - Psalms - Women]
City    London
Publisher    A. Macintosh
Publication Date    1823
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1], 162 ff., 210:131 mm., wide margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary full vellum over boards, minor cracks. Rare - Worldcat records one copy worldwide.
          
Detailed
Description		    Psalms and Later Prophets in German in wayberish-daytsh letters. The font was used for common folk, women, and children, as they generally did not comprehend Hebrew. The recital of the whole Book of Psalms is widespread, whether as an act of piety by saintly individuals, or by groups of unlearned people. For this purpose "societies of reciters of psalms" (hevrot tehillim) were and continue to be formed, and in recent times a special society has been formed in Jerusalem whereby two separate groups recite the whole Book of Psalms daily at the Western Wall. The psalms are included in their entirety in all large prayer books.
          
Reference
Description		    Not in CD-EPI
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
England:    Checked
  
Subject
Other:    Woman's Literature
  
Characteristic
Language:    German
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica