MA'AMAR HA-ISHUT: 'AL TEKHUNAT HA-RABANIM VEHA-KARA'IM; KOLEL HAKIROT SHONOT BE-MAHLOKOT HA-TSEDUKIM VEHA-PERUSHIM, HA-KARA'IM VEHA-RABANIM, 'AL ZEMANAM VE-SIBOT TOLDOTAM

Berlin: Selbstverlage Der Wittwe Des Sel, Verfassers, 1860. Hardcover. (FT) 8vo. 173 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Marriage (Jewish law) ; Divorce (Jewish law) ; Karaites. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. Holdheim (1806-1860) was a German Reform leader. He preached in German, established modern schools, and held services on Sundays. His general idea was to separate Jews' religious imperative from their civic duties owed to the countries they lived in. "In Ma'amar ha-Ishut al Tekhunat ha-Rabbanim ve-ha-Kara'im (1861) , a historical work written in Hebrew and published posthumously. Holdheim attempts, inter alia, to refute Geiger's opinion on the nature of the controversy between the Pharisees and the Sadducees and defends the traditional thesis that the principle in dispute was whether interpretation of the Scripture should be based on the primary meaning (Sadducees) as opposed to midrashic exegesis (Pharisees) . " (Levinger, EJ) Ex library. Pages tanned and water stained, minor wear on boards, good condition. (GER-27-23).