Biur al HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch].

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 99

BACHIAH BEN ASHER.

Biur al HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch].

Title within architectural arch. Title of each of the Five Books within an elaborate woodcut border incorporating the elephant-and-castle printer’s mark of Cavali (Yaari, Printer’s Marks 33). Stamp of Moshe ben Michel on title. ff. 251. Stained, few marginal repairs. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 514.

Venice: Giorgio di Cavalli 1566

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

R. Bachiah ben Asher ben Chalawa (13th-century), Dayan of Saragossa, was a Kabbalist of the school of R. Solomon ibn Adret of Barcelona (the Rashb"a). His Commentary here is one of the most influential encyclopedic works on the Torah. Utilizing a wide variety of sources, noteworthy are his Kabbalistic references, Midrashic interpretations as well as citations from lost Midrashim. The immense popularity of Rabbeinu Bachiah’s work is attested to by the dozens of super-commentaries that have been written upon it.