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(Xt) Magnes, Judah Leon; Scholem, Gershom; Schwabe, M : DOKTOR YOHANAN LEVI: DEVARIM SHE-NEEMRU BE-AZKARAH BE-UNIVERSIAH HA-IVRIT BEYOM 13 BE-KISLEV TASHAV (18.11.45)

Yerushalayim, Ha-Universitah Ha-`ivrit,, 1946

First edition. Original paper wrappers, in later pamphlet protector. 8vo. 21 pages; 23 cm. Written in Hebrew with additional title pages in English at back. English title: “H. Lewy: Memorial addresses by J. L. Magnes, M. Schwabe, and G. Scholem. ” Includes a list of Lewy’s scientific publications in many languages at the back. Dr. Hans (Yohanan) Lewy was a prolific scholar of classical philology and Jewish Hellenism with a particular focus on Philo. Though he died at only 44, he had an extensive academic career. Judah Leon Magnes “was a prominent Reform rabbi in both the United States and Mandatory Palestine. He is best remembered as a leader in the pacifist movement of the World War I period, his advocacy of a binational Jewish-Arab state in Palestine, and as one of the most widely recognized voices of 20th century American Reform Judaism” (Wikipedia, 2016) . Moshe Schwabe “was a German-Israeli classical scholar and epigraphists” (Wikipedia, 2016) . Gershom Scholem was a German-Israeli philosopher, “widely regarded as the founder of the modern, academic study of Kabbalah, ” became “the first Professor of Jewish Mysticism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem” (Wikipedia, 2016) . He was close friends with Walter Benjamin and Leo Strauss and published works including Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1941) , Sabbatai Zevi, the Mystical Messiah (1957) , and On Kabbalah and its Symbolism (1965) . Includes black-and-white headshot of Lewy. SUBJECT(S) : Hans Lewy. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Slight browning of original paper wrappers. Several library markings including stamps and stickers. Minimal pencil markings that do not obscure text. Good + condition. A Very Rare Gershom Scholem imprint (zion-12-14)

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