Seder Olam Rabbah VeSeder Olam Zuta. With Megilath Ta’anith and Sepher HaKabbalah etc. by Avraham ben David of Posquieres (RAVa”D).

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

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Lot 238
(MIDRASH).

Seder Olam Rabbah VeSeder Olam Zuta. With Megilath Ta’anith and Sepher HaKabbalah etc. by Avraham ben David of Posquieres (RAVa”D).

Second edition. Wider margins. ff. 62. Ex-library. Modern boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 249.

Venice: Adelkind for Giustiniani 1545

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $900
Attributed to Yose ben Chalaphta, the Seder Olam Raba is mentioned in the Talmud. It was the first text to establish the era “from the Creation of the World” or, Anno Mundi. The Megilath Ta’anith is of Tannaitic origin and is particularly useful as an historical parallel to the facts presented by Josephus. The Seder Olam Zuta probably dates to the early medieval period. Abraham Zacuto included large portions of it in his Sepher Yuchasin.