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Salomon, Gotthold : GOTTES STIMME AUS DEM FEUER: EINE NACH DEM VERHEERENDEN BRANDE VOM FUENFTEN BIS ACHTEN MAI 1842 AM FESTE DER GESETZGEBUNG (AM 1. PFINGSTFEIERTAGE) GEHALTENE PREDIGT IM NEUEN ISRAELITISCHEN TEMPEL UND ZUM BESTEN DER DURCH DIE FEUERSBRUNST VERUNGLUECKTEN SCHULLEHRER UND LEHRERINNEN

Hamburg: Gedrucht bei J.W. Wörmer, 1842

1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 17 pages, 21 cm. Title translates roughly to "God's Voice From The Fire: A Speech Given in The New Israelite Temple Honoring the Best of the School Teachers and Teachers Lost in the Fire. " Gotthold (1784-1862) was a German Jewish rabbi, politician, and bible translator. He was the first Jew to translate the complete Old Testament into High German, following in the footsteps of Moses Mendelssohn. He also preached at the Hamburg Temple. This speech addresses The Great fire of Hamburg, which began early on May 5, 1842, in Deichstrasse and burned until the morning of May 8, destroying about one third of the buildings in the Altstadt. It killed 51 people and destroyed 1, 700 residences and several important public buildings, necessitating major civic rebuilding and prompting infrastructure improvements. The heavy demand on insurance companies led to the establishment of reinsurance. The Neuen Israelitischen Tempel (aka, the Hamburg Temple) was the first permanent Reform synagogue and the first ever to have a Reform prayer rite. It operated in Hamburg (Germany) from 1818 to 1938 (Wikipedia). SUBJECTS: Jewish sermons -- Germany. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Harvard, HUC, NLI, State Archives of Freien and Hansestadt, UBremen, and Leo Baeck) . Very good condition. (GER-55-2)

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