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The Torah for Family Reading: The Five Books of Moses, the Prophets, the Writings
by Gaer, Joseph
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0876689152
- ISBN 13
- 9780876689158
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1986. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First printing. Thick octavo, wheat colored cloth covered boards with decorative copper-gilt titles and spine titles. Silk ribbon marker. 559 pp. A carefully edited and annotated edition of the Torah with slightly modernized versions to clarify and make more accessible the central scripture and laws of Judaism for family reading and instrution. A very tight, clean, volume with very fresh cloth. sparkling gilt and crisp, unmarked and unread interior in a crisp, tight, sharp, glossy dust jacket with very minor sunning to spine and a barely perceptible threadlike straight short superficial surface scratch, else fine. AS NEW in near fine dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09226
- Title
- The Torah for Family Reading: The Five Books of Moses, the Prophets, the Writings
- Author
- Gaer, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0876689152
- ISBN 13
- 9780876689158
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson
- Place of Publication
- Northvale, NJ
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- TORAH, EXCERPTS, PENTATEUCH, MOSES, MOSAIC, BOOKS, JUDAISM, JEWISH, JEW, HEBREW, JUDAICA, WORSHIP, REILGIOUS, READINGS, FAMILY, INSTRUCTION, GUIDANCE, SCRIPTURE, MODERN, ACCESSIBLE, , HOLY, LAW,
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- Religion;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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