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Akiba; scholar, saint and martyr / by Louis Finkelstein.
LIBRA BM755.A6 F5 1962
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-1991.
- Series:
- Meridian books ; JP25.
- Meridian books ; JP25
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Akiba ben Joseph, approximately 50-approximately 132.
- Akiba ben Joseph.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, xx, 361 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 21 cm.
- Other Title:
- Akiba
- Place of Publication:
- Cleveland ; New York : The World Publishing Company; Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society of America, [1962, c1936]
- Contents:
- The grave on the hilltop
- In the depths
- Among the foothills
- The steep ascent
- - On the heights: Akiba and his school
- On the heights: Akiba's juristic philosophy
- On the heights: Akiba's theological and political ideals
- A perilous summit
- Approaching the precipice
- The apotheosis.
- Notes:
- "First Meridian printing March 1962."
- Originally published by Covici Friede, Publishers.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 355) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok June 1962 Philadelphia".
- OCLC:
- 17357298
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