Bidspirit auction | Mikveh Yisrael – On the

Mikveh Yisrael – On the Ten Lost Tribes and Their Whereabouts, by Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel. Lemberg 1847- Behinat HaDat – First Edition. Vienna 1833. - 1. Sefer Mikveh Yisrael. Now supplemented with additional material from the writings of Jewish and non-Jewish scholars on the subject… with annotations… by a wise man from the city of Lviv (A[braham] M[enachem Mendel] M[ahar]). A fascinating work on the Ten Lost Tribes and their supposed place of dwelling a subject that has occupied scholars for generations and on which countless pens have been broken, by the renowned Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel, Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam. A rare sefer! With an ownership inscription from the philanthropist Kalman Dunkelblum of Krakow. 2. Sefer Behinat HaDat (Examination of Religion) by Rabbi Elia del Medigo, with commentary and notes by Yitzchak Shmuel Reggio, printed here for the first time in this edition. Vienna, 1833.