RARE first edition of the monograph on immortality in medieval Jewish philosophical tradition by the Austrian Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Templer. The chapters dealing with Jewish medieval philosophical doctrines and beliefs concerning immortality are preceded by an introductory chapter dealing with belief in immortality in the Bible and Talmud; the appendix deals with the relation of Jewish medieval philosophers` teaching on immortality, compared with the prevailing philosophical traditions on the same subject, mainly Platonic and Aristotelic. [CONTENTS]: Die Unsterblichkeitsglaube in Bibel und Talmud / Die Unsterblichkeitslehre der jüdischen Philosophen des Mittelalters bis auf Maimonides, in ihrem Verhältnis zu Bibel und Talmud - I. Saadia ben Joseph; II. Salomon ibn Gabirol; III. Bachja ben Josef ibn Pakuda; IV. Jehuda ben Samuel ha-Levi; V. Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra; VI. Abraham ibn Daud / Anhang - Die Unsterblichkeitslehre der jüdischen Philosophen des Mittelalters bis auf Maimonides im Verhältnis zur herrschenden Philosophie. 220x150mm. 79 pages. Brown rebound Hardcover with cloth spine. Cover detached from pages. Cover and spine worn. Cover edges rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges worn and tattered. Several small wormholes on cover and inner cover corners NOT penetrating into pages. Sticker on spine. Sticker residue on title page bottom edge. Three first pages, pages 15-18 and rear whitepage detached from the rest of the pages, which are somewhat loosely bound. Page 11 upper edge taped - NO damage to text. Several pages dog-eared. Rear whitepage edges worn. Pages yellowing, some pages slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY]: Though in need of some external restoration, the inside of this book is preserved very well; accordingly this extremely rare book is still in good reading condition.