Biur Al Hatorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]
AUCTION 11 |
Tuesday, November 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 11
BACHIAH BEN ASHER.
Biur Al Hatorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]
Cracow: Isaac Prostitz 1592-3
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,600
Great influential encyclopedic work utilizing wide variety of sources. Especially noteworthy are his Kabbalistic references as well as his Midrashic interpretation. He was well versed in this literature and bringing forth passages from lost Midrashim. For an excellent work on the Kabbalistic sources of R. Bachiah, see E. Gottlieb, Mekorotav shel R. Bachiah...Be’kitvei R. Yoseph Gikatilla in: Bar Ilan University Annual Vol. I (1969) pp. 306-26; and R. Yitzchak Sag Nahor Ve’talmidav- Mekorot R. Bachiah Be’kitvei Ha’mekubalim, Bar Ilan University Annual, Samuel Bialoblocki Memorial Volume, (1964) pp.215-50.
The rarity of this particular edition is evidenced by the fact that Chavel states in his annotated scholarly edition (Mossad Harav Kook,1966), he was unable to locate a copy