Biur al HaTorah [Kabbalistic homilies to the Pentateuch].
Auction 98 |
Thursday, June 16th,
2022 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters
Lot 255
RECANATI, MENACHEM.
Biur al HaTorah [Kabbalistic homilies to the Pentateuch].
Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Giustiniani 1545
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $750
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).