Perush Al Ha’Torah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 21 |
Thursday, December 04th,
2003 at 1:00
Kestenbaum & Company Holds Inaugural Auction of Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts at Their New Galleries
Lot 6
ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC
Perush Al Ha’Torah [commentary to the Pentateuch]
Hanau: Henoch Jacob 1710
Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $300
Abrabanel endeavours to explain the general content of the Bible, its principles, views and moral teachings more than the actual meaning of the words and passages. Primarily a philosophical, theological, ethical and to some extent historical commentary, his method as an exegete is entirely novel, prefacing each section of each Book with a number of questions and then interpreting that section in such a manner as to gradually resolve them. See M. Waxman, vol. II, p. 47 and, in general, B. Netanyahu, Don Isaac Abravanel, Statesman & Philosopher (1968)