1st edition. Period boards. 8vo, pages [573] - 600 (26 pages total), 22 cm. In English. Offprint from “Semitic Studies in Memory of Rev. Dr. Alexander Kohut, ed. George Alexander Kohut (Berlin, 1897).Inscribed “Compliments of the author” on the first page. Benjamin Szold (1829-1902) was a prominent American rabbi and scholar based in Baltimore. Szold introduced a new prayer-book, Abodat Yisrael, which closely followed traditional lines. The first edition of this prayer-book appeared in 1863, with German translation, and was widely adopted by congregations in the United States (Wikipedia, 2018). He was one of the few American rabbis to meet Abraham Lincoln, to whom he went on behalf of a Jewish union soldier accused of desertion. SUBJECTS: Bible commentary. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. The opening page features a “compliments of the author” signature. Institutional bookplate and blindstamp, no other markings. Old dampstains, Good condition. (AMR-54-47)