DIE ALTHEBRÄISCHE LITERATUR UND IHR HELLENISTISCH-JÜDISCHES NACHLEBEN

Wildpark-Potsdam; Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion M. B. H., 1930. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 4to. 203 pages. 30 cm. First edition. In German. 'Ancient Hebrew Literature and its afterlife in Jewish Hellenism. ' with 68 illustrations throughout. Opens with a discussion of Spinoza, Herder, and Uriel da Costa; touches on the literature through archaelogical sites, etc. In the series: Handbuch der Literaturwissenschaft, Bd. 21. The author Johannes Hempel (1891-1964) was a prominent protestant theologican and professor of biblical literature in the Weimar era; he joined the Nazis in 1933 and was a member of the Institute for Research and elimination of Jewish influence on German church life (Institut zur Erforschung und Beseitigung des jüdischen Einflusses auf das deutsche kirchliche Leben) , and served as a war chaplain on the eastern front. He served as a Lutheran pastor after the war, and resumed as a professor in 1955 at Gottingen. With the bookplate and signature (dated 1949, Berlin) of Steven S Schwarszchild (1924-1989) , born in Frankfurt, his family escaped from Nazi Germany in 1939; "After receiving ordination from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 1948, Steven Schwarzschild moved to Berlin to serve as a rabbi for the Judische Gemeinde zu Berlin. He stayed in Berlin for over two years and in 1950 moved back to the United States. " - LBI (Guide to the Papers of Steven S. Schwarzschild) . Subjects: Hebrew literature - History and criticism. Literatura Hebraica. Oude Testament. Littérature hébraïque - Histoire et critique. Littérature hébraïque - Histoire et critique. Hebrew literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Light soiling to cloth, title page previously reinforced with tape; otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (GER-43-54).