Apr 27, 2017 - Sale 2444

Sale 2444 - Lot 177

Unsold
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(JUDAICA.) Hyneman, Rebekah. The Leper; and Other Poems. 216 pages. 12mo, publisher's cloth, minor wear; moderate foxing, second and third leaves coming loose. Philadelphia, 1853

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Rebekah Gumpert Hyneman (1812-1875) was the daughter of a Jewish father and Christian mother in Philadelphia, and married a Jewish merchant. Many of these poems directly address her faith, such as "The Prayer of Solomon at the Consecration of the Temple," "Israel's Future," "The Chosen," and "Female Scriptural Characters." Singerman 1280.