The History of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity to the Present Time; containing Their Conquests, Dispersions, Wanderings, Persecutions, Commercial Enterprises, Literature, Manners, Customs, and Forms of Worship, with an Account of the various Efforts made for Their Conversion. Compiled from the most Authentic Sources. With a Preface by William Jenks, D.D.

Singerman ID: supp1320

Year: 1847

Entry: [Huie, James A.]. The History of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity to the Present Time; containing Their Conquests, Dispersions, Wanderings, Persecutions, Commercial Enterprises, Literature, Manners, Customs, and Forms of Worship, with an Account of the various Efforts made for Their Conversion. Compiled from the most Authentic Sources. With a Preface by William Jenks, D.D. Boston: M. A. Berk, 1847 [c1842]. 476 p.

Author/Editor: [Huie, James A.]

Location: Boston, MA

Holdings: In most academic libraries

Title: The History of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity to the Present Time; containing Their Conquests, Dispersions, Wanderings, Persecutions, Commercial Enterprises, Literature, Manners, Customs, and Forms of Worship, with an Account of the various Efforts made for Their Conversion. Compiled from the most Authentic Sources. With a Preface by William Jenks, D.D.

Printer/Publisher: M. A. Berk

Language: English

Notes: A perfect copy has an engraved frontispiece with a "by the waters of Babylon" theme and is captioned with text of Ps. 137:4. This ed. has three plates: "An Oriental Jew," "Interior of the Great Synagogue at Amsterdam," and "The Celebration of the Passover, according to Modern Usage." Appendix, "Ceremonies of the Jews" on pp. [421]- 69. Matthew A. Berk’s enlarged edition, in part rewritten, of James A. Huie’s The History of the Jews, from the Taking of Jerusalem by Titus, to the Present Time ... (entry 0776). Copyright held by Matthew A. Berk. Rosenbach 606 (entered under Huie), Kaganoff 123 (entered under Huie).