Hanikra Yelamedainu [Midrashic homilies to the Pentateuch]. Attributed to Tanchuma bar Abba

AUCTION 5 | Tuesday, June 23rd, 1998 at 1:00

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MIDRASH TANCHUMA

Hanikra Yelamedainu [Midrashic homilies to the Pentateuch]. Attributed to Tanchuma bar Abba

FIRST EDITION ff.106 (of 108) Title page and f.108 provided in facsimile. f.16 rehinged with loss of text. closely shaved, with loss. Modern quarter-calf. 4to Vinograd, Const. 123; Mehlman 177; Yaari, Const. 92; not in Adams

Constantinople: Solomon ibn Mazel-Tov 1520-22

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

Concerning the difficulties in placing the work in it’s correct literary context, see EJ, XV cols.793-6