Religious and Secular Leadership Part I.

Philadelphia: Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1943. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xvi, 117pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine. A collection of mostly previously published articles dealing with religious authority among Jews during the Middle Ages by the noted Jewish historian Solomon Zeitlin. Includes discussions of Rashi, Maimonides and Saadiah Gaon as well as the conflict between Babylonian and Palestinian Jewish leaders. Zeitlin never published his proposed second volume, which was to deal with modernity. Cover scratched. Name of previous owner in pen on front endpaper. Overall in good condition.