Megilath Shir Hashirim [commentary to the Song of Songs, with text].

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TAMACH, AVRAHAM.

Megilath Shir Hashirim [commentary to the Song of Songs, with text].

<<FIRST EDITION. >> ff. 63 (of 64), text complete, but lacking final leaf with printer’s device. Marginal repairs, scattered worming. Modern calf. 16mo. Vinograd, Sabbioneta 48.

Sabbioneta: Tobias Foa 1558

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

The author (d. 1393) was a student of R. Nissim ben Reuven Gerondi (the Ra’N) and a contemporary of R. Yitzchak ben Sheshet Perfet (RiVa”Sh). A leader of the Geronese Yeshiva, he was greatly influenced by the rationalistic teachings of Maimonides. A modern critical edition of this commentary to Shir Hashirim was issued by L.A. Feldman in 1970, which includes a short biography of Tamach himsefl.