Bidspirit auction | Jewish Lexicon – Volume 2

Jewish Lexicon – Volume 2 (D–E) with hundreds of illustrations, plates, maps, tables and photographs. Publisher: Jüdischer Verlag, Berlin, 1928 - A comprehensive, multi-volume Jewish encyclopedia, regarded as one of the most important and ambitious projects in the study of Jewish knowledge in the early 20th century. The lexicon was conceived as an all-encompassing reference work, covering Jewish history, religion, culture, literature, art, geography, and social life across the generations. Full title: Jüdisches Lexikon – Ein enzyklopädisches Handbuch des jüdischen Wissens in vier Bänden Founders: Dr. Georg Herlitz and Dr. Bruno Kirschner Editors and contributors: Over 250 Jewish scholars, writers, and intellectuals The Jüdisches Lexikon is considered a milestone of modern Jewish culture. It stands among the last major scholarly enterprises to be published in Jewish Germany before the Holocaust and reflects a vibrant world of learning, research, and cultural creativity that was abruptly destroyed shortly thereafter.