Sefer Yeshu’ot Meshicho, response to Christians who had a bitter argument with Judaism, by Rabbi Don Yitzchak Abravanel.
Karlsruhe [?], 1828, First edition. Rare.
Fly leaf with a warm dedication written on behalf The Gaon & Tzadik Rabbi Chananya Dov Kohn (died 1970) on the day he fled Communist Hungary with his family in 1949.
He served as a Dayan in Budapest. Following the Holocaust he immigrated to America, settling in Williamsburg. Highly respected, he was one of the distinguished rabbinical figures in New York following the Holocaust. Please see Hebrew description for expanded description.
[7], 50 leaves.
On the title page, "Printed in Karlsruhe"; however, scholars believe that it was printed in Sudilkov, Lvov, Zholkva, Ostrohe or Tarnopol. The covering up of the actual place of printing resulted from the publishers’ fear of the Russian authorities. Please see Hebrew description for more Bibliographical information.
Perceiving that the belief in the Messianic Age was weakening during his generation due to Christian pressure, Abarbanel wrote a triad of books in order to bolster the Jewish perception of the End of Times.The present work, Yeshu’oth Meshicho, elaborates upon Talmudic and Midrashic statements pertaining to the Redemption.
Good-Very Good condition, some age stains, old binding rubbed & lacking spine. 21 Cm.
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