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Published by Wayne University Press, Detroit, Michigan, 1955
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. xvii + 238 pages. 260 x 185 mm. Includes Three Hundred Years in America by Dr. Jacob R. Marcus. Illustrated endpapers. A Judaica bookplate was excised from the front free endpaper, thus marring this page, which has no text. Approximately 200 b & w photos & illustrations. chronology. Select bibliography. appendix. index. list of illustrations. The history of The Temple Beth El. First Edition. Blue-Grey cloth cover with gold print. This is a history of the Jewish Temple in Detroit named Beth El. It includes a history of the Jews in Michigan. "Bethel (, "House of God") also written as Beth El or Beth-El was an ancient Israelite town, located about ten miles north of Jerusalem, famous for its shrine. According to the biblical account, altars were established at Bethel by both Abraham and Jacob, and the latter described it as a place of awesome spiritual power (Gen. 28:17). Bethel also housed the Ark of the Covenant during the period of the judges, when it was also a sacred place to offer sacrifices to God and receive oracles from God." Photos and illustrations; 8" x 9".