Tag: British Museum

Moral Instruction by Hai Gaon, by Rabbi Hermann Gollancz, Oxford, 1922

This is a book that has been copied and translated from manuscripts held in the British Museum by Rabbi Hermann Gollancz. Rabbi Hai Gaon was the last of the Geonim of Pumbeditha. With him the era of the Geonim came to an end. The Geonim were the brilliant Talmudic scholars who headed the great Yeshivos … Continue reading Moral Instruction by Hai Gaon, by Rabbi Hermann Gollancz, Oxford, 1922 →

Sefer HaGeula by Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (The Ramban, Nachmanides), Published by Jacob Lipschitz, London 1909.

This edition of Sefer HaGeula was copied (or edited) from an old manuscript in the British Museum (now in the British Library, if it has not been sold or stolen!). The title means 'The Book of Redemption' and it is about issues of the future redemption. The publisher and editor was Jacob Lipschitz, a prominent … Continue reading Sefer HaGeula by Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (The Ramban, Nachmanides), Published by Jacob Lipschitz, London 1909. →