Book details: Qirqisani Studies.
$US 100.00
Hirschfeld, Hartwig.
Qirqisani Studies.
Binding: Hardcover
London: Jews College, 1918. Cloth. 8vo. 59 pages. Bound with: Hirschfeld. JEFETH B. ALI'S ARABIC COMMENTARY ON NAHUM: WITH INTRODUCTION, ABRIDGED TRANSLATION AND NOTES (London: Jews’ College, 1911. 42 pages) . Hirschfeld (1854–1934) was a “scholar of Judeo-Arabic literature. Hirschfeld, who was born in Thorn, Prussia, received his doctorate from Strasbourg (1878) . He emigrated to England in 1889 and taught first at Montefiore College in Ramsgate. Hirschfeld's chief interest lay in the interplay between the Arab and Jewish cultures as well as in the Arabic literature of the Jews. Hirschfeld wrote numerous articles in various journals concerning problems of Arabic and Hebrew philology and bibliography; of especial importance is a series of essays concerning the Arabic fragments in the Cairo Genizah (JQR, vols. , 15–20, 1903–08) ” (EJ editorial staff) . SUBJECT(S) : Bible. O. T. Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Gilt lettering on spine. Slight bumping to bottom edge. Patterned endpapers. In Very Good condition. (SEF-5-4x) . Price is for both works together.
Stock number:17891.