Book details: DER TEOLOGISH-POLITISHER TRAKTAT [TRACTATUS THEOLOGICO-POLITICUS]
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Spinoza, Benedictus De
DER TEOLOGISH-POLITISHER TRAKTAT [TRACTATUS THEOLOGICO-POLITICUS]
Imprint: New York; M. Jankowitsh, 1923 Binding: Hardcover
Publishers cloth. 8vo. X, 375 pages. 21 cm. First Yiddish edition of the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus. Along with “Di Etik, ” also published in 1923, this represents the very first appearance of any of Spinoza’s works in any Jewish language. Perhaps one of the most controversial texts of the early modern period, the TTP, in its critique of religion and of Jewish "chosenness", is possibly one of the most appropriate of Spinoza’s works to be translated into Yiddish for secular readers. Translated by N. Perlman, who also translated Jack London, Anatole France, Schopenhauer, and Thomas Paine into Yiddish. Subjects: Philosophy and religion. Free thought. Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 - Translations into Yiddish. OCLC Number: 150623442.Spine darkened, touch of wear to foot and crown of spine. Very Good condition. (YID-16-15-E) Xxxx