"Mabul Shel Esh", draft of an essay handwritten by the Talmudist Levi (Louis) Ginzberg.
The draft of the essay "Mabul Shel Esh", about the source of the Aggadah "Mabul Shel Esh" which appears in the book "Chaye Moshe" by Philo of Alexandria. The manuscript was handwritten by Levi Gintzburg, with deletions, additions and corrections, and is hand-signed by him.
Louis Levi ben Yitzchak Ginzberg (1873-1953) was a famous Talmudist and one of the leaders of Conservative Judaism. Ginzberg was born in Kovno. After a short period of studies in Telz, he abandoned the world of Yeshivahs and studied at the universities of Berlin and Strasburg. In 1899 he immigrated to the United States to participate in editing the Jewish Encyclopedia. Later he was one of the heads of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
This essay was printed in Ginzberg's book "Al Halacha veAggada", Tel-Aviv, 1960, pp. 205-219.
16, IV leaves, 25 cm. Good condition. Stained. Folding marks and slight creases. Tears to a number of leaves (mainly at margins).