RARE FIRST EDITION of a monograph on the influence of Alexandrian hermeneutics on Palestinian biblical exegesis in the Hellenistic epoch by Zecharias Frankel (1801-1875) - the eminent authority on the history of Talmudic literature, the first scholar to devote himself to this field, thus being one of the first philological inquiries into the Jewish-Hellenistic religious and cultural environment in the first centuries B.C. 230x138mm. X+254 pages (last page mispaginated as 354). Quarter-cloth rebound Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover and spine slightly stained. Rear cover slightly rubbed. Spine edges slightly bumped. Small sticker on spine and cover. Binding slightly visible on inner cover. Ex-Libris on whitepage. Front whitepage detached and partly torn, rear whitepage edge slightly torn. Dedication written in pen on title-page upper corner. Ex-library copy with several stamps throughout the pages. Pencil underlining on page 3, pencil inscriptions on page 50, and 3 small pen lines near the text on pages 34-35. Pages yellowing and age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This rare pioneering philological study of the Jewish-Hellenistic religious and cultural environment in the first centuries B.C. is otherwise in good condition.