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Lot #    25247
Auction End Date    12/8/2009 11:05:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Jewish Doctrine of Faith
Title (Hebrew)    àîåðú éùøàì
Author    J. H. Polenaar and M. Polak, translated by M. J. R
City    London
Publisher    P. Vallentine
Publication Date    1875
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. 29, [5] pp. octavo 182:112 mm., nice margins, light age staining. A good copy loose in contemporary boards, rubbed.
          
Detailed
Description		    Overview of the principles of Judaism for Jewish youth by J. H. Polenaar and M. Polak and translated from the Dutch by M. J. Rudelsheim, Master of the Wolverhampton Hebrew Congregational School. In the author’s preface the monograph is described as the first part of a catechism for the young for their edification and the propagation of a truly religious spirit among the Jewish youth. In the translator’s note Rudelsheim writes that it is his hope to supply his juvenile co-religionists with something that will help to make the belief of our Holy Religion take deep roots in their minds. The text is primarily in English but with a fair amount of Hebrew. The first chapter is on God and his many attributes, in which the thirteen tenets of faith are taught in a question and answer format supported by verses. The second chapter is on prophecy and the giving of the law. The third and final chapter is on Reward and Punishment. These chapters are also in the question and answer format. At the end of the book are several pages of additional books available from the publisher, described as Valentine’s Catalogue of Rudimentary and Advanced Educational Books.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
England:    Checked
  
Subject
Other:    Faith
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    English, Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica