Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides / RaMBa”M).
AUCTION 88 |
Tuesday, March 17th,
2020 at 1:00pm
K2 Online Sale: Hebrew & Judaic Books and Manuscripts
Lot 118
(HEBRAISM)
Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides / RaMBa”M).
v.p: v.d
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $250
The Latin translations of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah and Isaac Abravanel’s Rosh Amanah were issued simultaneously in Amsterdam in 1638. The Latin translations of David Ganz’s Zemah David and Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer were issued in Leiden in 1644. All four works were translated by the same Christian Hebraist, Willem Voorst (Guglielmus Vorstius). Aaron Katchen has analyzed Vorstius’ translations of the four works in great detail. Katchen’s conclusion is that Voorst sought to promote the Christian faith through sources found in Jewish literature.
See Aaron L. Katchen, Christian Hebraists and Dutch Rabbis (1984) pp. 235-47.