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Treatise on the Jewish Religion by Johann Christoph Bodenschatz. 1748–1749. Four parts. Numerous engravings - Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden, a treatise on the Jewish religion by Johann Christian Georg Bodenschatz. Frankfurt–Leipzig, 1748–1749. German and Hebrew. First edition. Four parts in one volume. An important study by the German theologian Johann Christoph Bodenschatz (1717–1797) on Judaism and its customs, focusing particularly on Ashkenazic traditions. The work includes detailed and objective descriptions of Jewish practices during the author's time and serves as a crucial source for the history of 18th-century Judaism. Illustrated with numerous engravings by Gottfried Eichler, Georg Paul Nusbiegel, and Johann Conrad Müller depicting Jewish life and customs: Torah processions, Birkat HaLevana and Priestly Blessing, synagogue prayers, Shabbat, the High Holidays and Jewish festivals, tallit and tefillin, circumcision, Pidyon HaBen, marriage and divorce, chalitzah ceremony, kosher slaughter, immersion in the mikveh, visiting the sick, the taharah ritual and Jewish burial, and more. Four parts in one volume: [16], 206; [1], 328, 331–386, [2]; [256]; 270, [34], [2] pages. 22 cm. Includes the additional title page, frontispiece engraving, and two title pages at the beginning. Very good condition. Bound in contemporary half-vellum.