Tiberias sive Commentarius Masorethicus Triplex [Commentary to the Tiberian Masorah of the Bible]
AUCTION 23 |
Tuesday, March 30th,
2004 at 1:00
Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion
Lot 78
BUXTORF, JOHANNES (THE ELDER).
Tiberias sive Commentarius Masorethicus Triplex [Commentary to the Tiberian Masorah of the Bible]
Basle: Johann Jacob Decker 1665
Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $500
Buxtorf devotes this work to the tradition of the masoretes of Tiberias. In doing so, he made ample use of Elijah Levita’s Masoreth ha-Masoreth (Venice, 1538). Buxtorf divides his work in three: Commentary on the Masorah, Key of the Masorah, and Critical Commentary. Buxtorf was of the view that the Masoretic text is the genuine version of the Bible, though he accepted Levita’s revolutionary theory that the masoretic vocalization and cantillation marks originated with Ezra and the Men of the Great Assembly. See EJ, Vol. IV, col. 1543