Midrash Tanchuma hanikra Yelamdeinu [homilies to the Chumash]. Attributed to Tanchuma bar Abba.

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Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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(MIDRASH).

Midrash Tanchuma hanikra Yelamdeinu [homilies to the Chumash]. Attributed to Tanchuma bar Abba.

Second edition. Learned marginalia throughout. ff. 98 (final leaf mispaginated “73” as in all copies). Previous owner’s marks, margins of few leaves frayed and occasionally repaired. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 243.

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1545

Est: $1,500 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $6,500

The Midrashim known as Tanchuma have their roots in the late Byzantine period (c. 400-600 CE). This edition of Tanchuma contains a number of textual differences from the third edition, printed in Mantua 1563, which later became the standard-bearer for all later editions.