Summa Divi Thomae Aquinatis Ordinis Praedicatorum Contra Gentiles quam Hebraice Eloquitur / Kitzur MeHaKadosh Thomas Me’Aqunio MiKet HaDarshanim Neged HaGoyim [systematic exposition against non-Christians].
AUCTION 87 |
Thursday, January 16th,
2020 at 1:00pm
"K2" Online Sale: Hebrew & Judaic Printed Books
Lot 51
AQUINAS, THOMAS.
Summa Divi Thomae Aquinatis Ordinis Praedicatorum Contra Gentiles quam Hebraice Eloquitur / Kitzur MeHaKadosh Thomas Me’Aqunio MiKet HaDarshanim Neged HaGoyim [systematic exposition against non-Christians].
Rome: Jacobi Phaei Andreae 1657
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $200
Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) wrote this seminal work of Christian doctrine in order to defend the faith against attack from other religions. When Pope Urban VIII launched his campaign to convert the Jews of Rome, Joseph Ciantes, a Dominican friar and student of Oriental languages, was tasked to translate this work into Hebrew. Most notably, Ciantes only translated the first three of the four Books, which appeal to human intellect, while leaving out the fourth Books, as it covers topics pertaining to revelead truth, and would likely not impress the Jewish reader. See EJ, Vol. III, col. 229-31.