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RARE FIRST EDITION of a monograph on the influence of Alexandrian hermeneutics on Palestinian biblical exegesis in the Hellenistic epoch by Zecharias Frankel (1801-1875) - the preeminent authority on the history of Talmudic literature and the first scholar in Jewish studies who specialized in this field. 230x138mm. X+254 pages (last page paginated as 354 by mistake). Marbled board rebound Hardcover with cloth spine. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped and worn, cover slightly rubbed. Spine upper half missing. Spine bottom edge worn. Front cover upper half coming loose from binding. Small pen inscription on front inner cover. Ex-library copy with 2 stamps on title p[age and page III. Few small pen or pencil marks on some pages. Page 67 upper corner folded. Pages yellowing and age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This rare pioneering philological study of the Jewish-Hellenistic religious and cultural environment in the first centuries B.C. is otherwise in good condition.