Pesikta Zutratha [Midrash Lekach Tov to the Books of Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy]
Auction 85 |
Thursday, November 07th,
2019 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 197
TUVIAH BEN ELIEZER
Pesikta Zutratha [Midrash Lekach Tov to the Books of Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy]
Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1546
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $750
Inscription on verso of title praises an interpretation in this work written by a son of R. Yitzchak Atzban. Members of this Moroccan rabbinic family served in Meknes and Fez; the most prominent was R. Mordechai b. Yitzchak Atzban (author of Zoveach Todah). See D. Sutton, Aleppo, City of Scholars (2005) pp. 141-42.
The Midrash Lekach Tov was composed by Tuviah ben Eliezer in the 11th century and comments on the Bible in both the exegetical and Aggadic style. He frequently quotes and reworks Midrashim from earlier Rabbinic collections. The commentary on the Books of Genesis and Exodus went unpublished until they were rediscovered by Solomon Buber in 1884.