Rabbi Elijah Benamozegh – Five Essays on Jewish Theology, 1865-1914

Rabbi Elijah Benamozegh – Five Essays on Jewish Theology, 1865-1914
Five essays by the rabbi and philosopher Elijah (Eliyahu) Benamozegh, dealing with Jewish theology. Various publishers and places of printing, 1865-1914, French, Italian and some Hebrew.
1. Storia degli Esseni [The History of the Cult of the Essenes]. Florence: Felice Le Monnier, 1865. Italian.
Detached gatherings, detached front cover, tears to spine.
2. Morale Juive et Morale Chrétienne [Jewish and Christian Ethics]. Paris: K. Kaufmann, 1867. French.
3. Pratique et institutions Hebraiques, an essay on the Hebrew language. Livorno: S. Belforte, 1898. French. Some Hebrew.
An article from the series Bibliothèque de l'Hébraisme; bound with additional articles from the series (incomplete).
Detached leaves and gatherings. Tears.
4. Teologia dogmatica e apologetica [Dogmatic and Apologetic Theology]. Livorno: Francesco Vigo Press, 1877. Italian and some Hebrew.
5. Israël et l'humanité [Israel and Humanity]. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1914. French. With a picture of the author (plate).
Rabbi Elijah (Eliyahu) Benamozegh (1823-1900) was born in Livorno to a family of immigrants from Fes (Morocco). His grandfather was Rabbi Avraham Koriyat. At the age of 18 he was ordained a rabbi and served as the rabbi of Livorno for fifty years. Benamozegh was renowned for his vast knowledge of science and philosophy, which was integrated into his unique interpretative approach and worldview. His openness to the non-Jewish world incurred the wrath of several Jewish communities, and in Aleppo and Damascus, his books were publicly burned.
Size and condition vary. Stains, tears and blemishes.