rare! First publication - "The Rights of Polish Jewry" by Rabbi Philip Bloch. 1892. Die General Privilegeen der Polnischen Judenschaft.
German. Poznan (Poland), 1892.
A comprehensive study of the political, social and legal status of the Jews in Poland. Bloch examines the history of Jewish settlement in Poland, the relationship between Jews and the Polish aristocracy and the various privileges and rights granted to Jews over the centuries. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of Jewish life in Poland in the early modern period.
Philip Bloch (1841-1923), rabbi and author, one of the founders of the Central Archive for the History of German Jews.
Born in Prussia on May 30, 1841. Studied at the University of Breslau, and with Frankel, Graetz and Jacob Bernays at the Jewish Theological Seminary; graduated with a doctorate in 1864; and received the title of Rabbi in 1867. organized a Jewish community school in Munich in 1869; and became the rabbi of the Israeltische Brüdergemeinde in Posen in 1871. He was first interested in religious-philosophical studies and the Haggadah, and later dedicated himself to historical research on Polish Jews.
*Detached cover, fragile pages. Tears in the margins. Some of the pages have not yet been cut in print.
120 p., 23 cm.
