The great Jewish books and their influence on history / Edited by Samuel Caplan and Harold U.Ribalow; Introduction by Ludwig Lewisohn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caplan, Samuel, editor.

Ribalow, Harold U. (Harold Uriel), 1919-1982.

Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

National Jewish Welfare Board (bookplate) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

351 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Horizon Press, [1952]

Contents:

The Jew and the Book / Ludwig Lewisohn

The Hebrew Bible / Solomon Goldman; Selections

The Talmud / Simon Federbush; Selections

The Siddur (Prayer Book) / Samuel Rosenblatt; Selections

Rabbi Rashi's Commentaries / Samuel M. Blumenfield; Sections

Yehudah Halevi : The Kusari / Jacob B. Agus; Selections

Maimonides : Guide for the Perplexed / Jacob S. Minkin; Selections

Moses de Leon : The Zohar / Jacob B. Agus; Selections

Joseph Karo : The Shulchan Aruch / Oscar Z. Fasman; Selections

Heinrich Graetz : A History of the Jews / Solomon Grayzel; Selection

Ahad Ha=am : Ahad Ha-am's Essays / Harry Essrig; Selections

Chaim Nachman Bialik : Bialik: Poet and Prophet /Menachem Ribalow; Selections.

Notes:

"The aim of this volume is to present, in popular form, the essence of those masterworks of Jewish literature which have most decisively molded the life of the Jewish people from their earliest beginnings down to the present era ... An acknowledged authority on each of the books was then invited to write a study, describing its authorship, its central theme or idea, its content, its original impact and subsequent influence on Jewish life and thought ... The editors felt that the reference value of the book would be greatly enhanced for students and lay readers by the inclusion of comprehensive selections from each of the Great Books; and again the author of the essays themselves graciously agreed to perform the careful and intensive work of selection."--Editors' Preface..

"Selected bibliography": pages 341-346.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has bookplate of National Jewish Welfare Board, 145 East 32nd Street, New York.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of Chaim Potok.

Potok Collection copy is "Third printing".

OCLC:

377296