Bernfeld Simon P (1 results)

Condition: Good. One of his most influential and characteristic books is Sefer ha-dema?ot (The Book of Tears; 1923?1926), a three-volume anthology that presents Jewish literary responses to various persecutions from the era of the Maccabees to the nineteenth century. In his extensive introduction, Bernfeld reviews Jewish martyrdom throughout the ages and analyzes the evolution of antisemitism. Shim?on Bernfeld was murdered by the Nazis, after his attempts to immigrate to Palestine had failed. (YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe) OCLC Number: 632639661 Location:1612 374 pp. In Hebrew hinges starting 1612. …