Author: Cassel, Paulus (Stephanus; Selig).
Title: Zophnat Paneach. Aegyptische Deutungen.
Description: Berlin, W. H. Kühl, 1886. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo. Pp. 34. HARDCOVER, bound with a suite of blanks at end in full pebbled cloth, gilt spine, title-page brittle, edge chipped, leaves browned due to paper quality. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. All published. (Erstes Fragment, Mehr nicht erschienens. Dem Wiener Orientalistencongreß gewidmet.) "Der Pharao legte Joseph den Namen Zophnat-Paneach bei und gab ihm Asnat, die Tochter Poti-Pheras, des Priesters von On, zur Frau. Dann bereiste Joseph Ägypten." (Gen. 41. 45). Paulus Stephanus (born Selig) Cassel (1821-1892), a German Jewish convert to Christianity, theologian. journalist, author. He was librarian at the Royal Erfurt Library, member to the Prussian Landtag, researcher at the Christuskirche in Berlin, missionary for the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews. His publications include an account of Jewish history based on non-Jewish sources, and studies of the Bible. On his work and life, see in length Singer & Grossman: "Cassel, Paulus Stephanus (Selig)", Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906. Of utmost rarity. Only 5 institutional holdings worldwide, one (Hebrew Union College) comprising of an incomplete copy. Not in any bibliography we were able to consult. ~ [Provenance:] The British Museum, Dept. of Antiquities, with minute old stamp to title-page. M-2 .

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