Explication engraving called origin rites von wolff max (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: fair to g-. First edition. Octavo. 112pp. Original brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and debossed decorative tooling on front cover. English and Hebrew title pages. The work is Rabbi Max Wolff's attempt to re-examine and possibly redefine the definition of Jewish practice and rituals, through a mystical lens and in reaction to many of the then current theological, philosophical, and scholarly views of the day. The author examines the origins of Jewish beliefs and practices, and attempts to realize his stated purpose, through the examination of subjects and influences, including Kabbalah, Astrology, Numerology, Gematria and Biblical interpretation. Includes a few astrological, numerical and Kabbalistic (including the Sephirot/Sephiroth) charts throughout the text. In English with occasional Hebrew. Binding with chipping, rubbing and fraying along edges, to corners, to spine and front & back covers. Smudging to front and back covers. Half of spine missing. Interior with age toning to pages and occasional light water stains along edges. Book block tight. Binding in overall fair, interior in good- condition. Singerman 1599.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Added title page in Hebrew. OCLC: 6 libraries worldwide own this longer version of 112 pages. 195 x 130 mm. (7.5 x 5 inches). Original boards with gilt lettering on front board and blind-stamped design on both. De-accessioned copy from Yale University. It was part of the Alexander Kohut collection.…