Original Cloth. 8vo. VI, 133 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German. 'Bousset's Religion of Judaism: critically examined from the New Testament Period. ' A critique of the Protestant theologian Wilhelm Bousset's 'Religion des Judentums', also published in 1903. Felix Perles (1874–1933) , “rabbi and scholar. Felix was drawn into the Zionist movement in Vienna and in 1899 he became rabbi at Koenigsberg. Felix Perles had wide scholarly interests: Bible criticism, Hebrew and Aramaic lexicography, apocryphal and pseudepigraphical literature, medieval Hebrew poetry, liturgy, Jewish dialects, and abbreviations. His best-known works are his critique of W. Bousset's Religion des Judentums im neutestamentlichen Zeitalter (1903) , and the collection of essays, Juedische Skizzen (1912, 1920) . ” - 2008 EJ. Attractively bound in period cloth with original wraps pasted on top. Subjects: Judaism - History. Die Religion des Judentums im neutestamentlichen Zeitalter (Bousset) . Christentum. Judentum. Bousset, Wilhelm, 1865-1920. Religion des Judentums im neutestamentlichen Zeitalter. Dedication inscription on title page, light pencil marks on some pages, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (GER-43-36)