Illustrated advertising cover from the American Institute of Hebrew. Postmarked October 6, 1884, and cancelled in Morgan Park, Illinois. In very good condition, roughly opened. This unusual cover advertises home study of Hebrew for the purpose of Old Testament literature and interpretation. The return address is W.R. Harper, Baptist Union Theological Seminary, Morgan Park, Chicago. The verso is filled with an explanation of instruction through the mails.
Subject: Old Testament
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Calligraphic broadside detailing a Jewish interpretation of the popular children's rhyme, "The House That Jack Built." The broadside explains the origins and Old Testament symbolic meanings of the verse from a Jewish perspective, potentially copied from a Christian publication but referencing the "Shepard haggadah." Created in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 13, 1853.
This book is a sacred poem in five books, chronicling the life of King David. Written by Thomas Ellwood, a Quaker and close associate of John Milton, it was published in Philadelphia by Joseph Crukshank in 1785. This work, was more popular in America than in England and was published in numerous editions throughout the 18th century.
This is the first rabbinical work in English translation published in North America. Published in New York in 1840 by M.M. Noah & A.S. Gould, this book is a translation of the medieval Hebrew text, *The Book of Jasher*, compiled from the Babylonian Talmud and other Jewish sources, and intermixed with Arabic legends and passages from the Bible. The book's content is divided into sections covering the pre-Mosaic period, the Mosaic period, and a smaller section on later history. The preface is by M.M. Noah. This copy is considered to be the first U.S. edition of this translation.