Biur al Hatorah [Kabbalistic homilies to the Pentateuch].
Auction 95 |
Thursday, November 11th,
2021 at 11:00am
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 257
RECANATI, MENACHEM.
Biur al Hatorah [Kabbalistic homilies to the Pentateuch].
Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Giustiniani 1545
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Recanati’s commentary to the Chumash is the very first of its kind, permeated as it is with the conceptions of the early Kabbalists. It is the first to refer to the Books of the Zohar and the Bahir, from which a large number of citations, along with their interpretations, are provided.
The author was one of the foremost Italian Kabbalists and Halachic authorities of the 13th-century. For a full appreciation of his significance, see M. Idel, R. Menahem Recanati, HaMekubal (1998).