RARE monograph on Rabbi Ishmael or Ishmael ben Elisha (90-135 CE), a Tanna of the 1st and 2nd centuries (third tannaitic generation) by the renowned German rabbi and scholar Marcus Petuchowski, grandfather of the eminent American research professor of Jewish Theology and Liturgy and professor of Judeo-Christian Studies at the Jewish Institute of Religion at Hebrew Union College Cincinnati, Ohio - Jakob Josef Petuchowski. 215x145mm. 116 pages. Green/black marbled rebound Hardcover. Cover rubbed and scratched. Cover corners and edges, and spine edges bumped. Sticker residues on spine hinges/cover. Sticker on spine upper part. Small pen writing on front endpaper upper corner. Ex-library copy with stamp on title page last page. Three small wormholes on rear inner cover edges. Single small wormhole on pages 1-14 bottom corner near binding, pages 107-116 and 98-106 edge - NO damage to text! Binding slightly visible between pages 14-15. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare study of one of the major figures in Judaism has sustained some damage, but the inside of the book is preserved very well; accordingly this extremely rare book is still in good reading condition