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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In German. XIX + 1 + 468 Pages. 211 x 145 mm. Foxed. Jost was a German historian who worked as a teacher, turning down Jacobson, who offered him a preacher's position. Jost believed modern Judaism needed not a reform of the services, but an improvement of education.His 3 volume work Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Sekten (Leipsig, 1857-1859) deals with the whole of Jewish history down to 1858. His best work is in the presentation of modern Jewish history, in which he is singularly exact and conscientious, and to which he gives an exhaustive literature of sources; here he exhibits not only a fine discernment of what is historically important, but a spirit of fairness which is the more creditable because he wrote in the midst of the struggle for Reform.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In German. xvi, 527, (1) pages. Jost studied at the universities of Göttingen and Berlin. In Berlin he began to teach, and in 1835 received the appointment of upper master in the Jewish commercial school (called the Philanthropin) at Frankfort-on-the-Main. Here he remained until his death, on November 22, 1860. The work by which he is chiefly known is Geschichte der Israeliten seit den Zeit der Maccabaer, in 9 volumes (1820-1829). This work was afterwards supplemented by Neuere Geschichte den Israeliten von 1815-1845 (1846-1847), and Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Sekten (1857-1859). He also published an abridgment under the title Allgemeine Geschichte des israelitischen Volkes (1831-1832), and an edition of the Mishna with a German translation and notes (6 volumes, 1832-1834). Between 1839 and 1841 he edited the Israelitische Annalen, and he contributed extensively to periodicals. He was one of a poor family of eleven, most of whom died in infancy; and when his father became blind, the duty of guiding him fell upon Isaac. At the age of ten he lost his father and was taken to Wolfenbüttel; there he attended the Samsonschule, which at that time was conducted in the style of an old-fashioned cheder. This condition improved, however, when Samuel Mayer Ehrenberg took charge of the school in 1807; under him Jost began to study the German language. An intimate friendship connected him with Leopold Zunz, who was also a pupil in that school, and together they prepared themselves for the entrance examination of the gymnasium. Jost entered the gymnasium at Brunswick, supporting himself during the years 1809-13 as a tutor in the family of one of the trustees of the Samsonschule; then, supported by Israel Jacobson, he entered the University of Göttingen, removing a year later to that of Berlin. He graduated in 1816, and took up the profession of teaching, refusing an offer of Jacobson, who wished him to become a preacher; for Jost believed that the task of modern Judaism lay not in any reform of the services, but rather in an improvement of education. His first charge was the Bock school, where, in accordance with the system then advocated by Jewish and Christian humanitarians, Jewish and Christian pupils were educated together. In 1819, however, the reactionary government of Prussia prohibited the reception of Christian children; this severely injured the school, as a great many Jewish parents had sent their children to it solely because they desired them to come into contact with Christians. Nevertheless, Jost remained at his post until 1835, when he was called to Frankfort-on-the-Main as teacher in the "Philanthropin," which position he held up to his death. Having himself suffered from the lack of system that characterized the yeshiva, Jost took the greatest interest in pedagogics, and his earliest literary work was devoted to the writing of textbooks, among which may be mentioned a grammar of the English language (Lehrbuch der Englischen Sprache), which went through three editions (Berlin, 1826, 1832, and 1843), and a dictionary to Shakespeare's plays (Berlin, 1830). He wrote also Theoretisch-Praktisches Handbuch zum Unterricht im Deutschen Stil (Berlin, 1835; the title of the second edition was Lehrbuch des Hochdeutschen Ausdruckes in Wort und Schrift, published in 1852). To the same class belongs his Biblical history, Neue Jugendbibel, Enthaltend die Religiösen und Geschichtlichen Urkunden der Hebräer, mit Sorgfältiger Auswahl für die Jugend Uebersetzt und Erläutert: Erster Theil, die Fünf Bücher Mosis (Berlin, 1823). In spite of his duties as a teacher and of his varied interests, Jost never neglected Jewish literature, especially Jewish history. His first work in this line was Geschichte der Israeliten Seit der Zeit der Makkabäer bis auf Unsere Tage (9 volumes, Berlin, 1820-28), which was followed by a small compendium under the title Geschichte des Israelitischen Volkes. . . für Wissenschaftlich-Gebildete Leser. . . .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In German. XXIV, 407 , [1], plate. 185 x 125 mm. Front free endpaper has inscriptions in Latin, Russian, German and Hebrew. Foxed and solied. Second volume. Series: Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur Schrifte. This serial publication ran from 1860 to 1869. Rubber stamp impression: "BRUDER DEUTSCH / Stuhlweissenburg." STUHLWEISSENBURG (Hungarian, Szekesfejervar; Latin, Alba Regia) was the coronation city of the Hungarian kings from the time of St. Stephen to 1527. As early as the fourteenth century it contained the most influential Jewish community of Hungary; and because of the fact that the royal court frequently visited the city, the leaders of the Stuhlweissenburg community often had occasion to be the spokesmen in behalf of Jewish interests throughout the country. Also here is a rubber stamp impression of another former owner: Dr. W. Deligdish, with addresses in NSW, Australia. So this copy has been on at least three continents. Jost was a German historian who worked as a teacher, turning down Jacobson, who offered him a preacher's position. Jost believed modern Judaism needed not a reform of the services, but an improvement of education.His 3 volume work Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Sekten (Leipsig, 1857-1859) deals with the whole of Jewish history down to 1858. His best work is in the presentation of modern Jewish history, in which he is singularly exact and conscientious, and to which he gives an exhaustive literature of sources; here he exhibits not only a fine discernment of what is historically important, but a spirit of fairness which is the more creditable because he wrote in the midst of the struggle for Reform.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In German. 185 x 125 cm. XXIV, 407 , [1], plate. Worn leather spine. Second volume. Series: Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur Schrifte. This serial publication ran from 1860 to 1869. This volume was once in the now defunct "J. Schaleks Leihbibliothek. Prag" See attractive stamp on title page. Jost was a German historian who worked as a teacher, turning down Jacobson, who offered him a preacher's position. Jost believed modern Judaism needed not a reform of the services, but an improvement of education.His 3 volume work Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Sekten (Leipsig, 1857-1859) deals with the whole of Jewish history down to 1858. His best work is in the presentation of modern Jewish history, in which he is singularly exact and conscientious, and to which he gives an exhaustive literature of sources; here he exhibits not only a fine discernment of what is historically important, but a spirit of fairness which is the more creditable because he wrote in the midst of the struggle for Reform.…

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