TYPE: Book (Set)
COMPONENTS: 5 volumes
CONDITION: VG Condition, cloth covers, first volume's cover is detached
NOTES: OCLC Lists no copies at all worldwide.
LANGUAGE
Language: Hebrew
ITEM ID: 1134
Shanghai Five-Volume Torah
DATE
Year: 1943
Decade: 1940s
Century: 20th (1901-2000)
Rare edition of the Torah, published in the middle of WWII by refugees in Shanghai, with 10 commentaries. The Hebrew term Chumash (also Ḥumash) (Hebrew: חומש, pronounced [χuˈmaʃ] or pronounced [ħuˈmaʃ] or Yiddish: pronounced [ˈχʊməʃ]) is a term for Torah in printed form as opposed to the Torah scroll. The word comes from the Hebrew word for five, ḥamesh (חמש).A more formal term is Ḥamishah Ḥumshei Torah, “five fifths of Torah.” It is a Hebrew name for the Five Books of Moses, also known by the Latinised Greek term Pentateuch in common printed editions.
ARTISTS
Name: Levi Fleishaker
Type: Publisher
Asia / Africa
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