Neveh Shalom [philosophy]

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

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SHALOM, ABRAHAM BEN ISAAC.

Neveh Shalom [philosophy]

Second edition. Title within garlanded architectural arch ff.(4),213,(15). Margins slightly frayed and dampstained, otherwise generally, a clean copy. Recent boards. 4to Vinograd, Venice 607; Habermann, di Gara 37; not in Adams

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1575

Est: $300 - $400

PRICE REALIZED $300

A series of homilies on various aggadic passages from the Talmud, interwoven with a philosophical discussion meant to serve as a defense of Maimonides’ reconciliation of Greek philosophy and Jewish thought. The author had a thorough command of the fields of knowledge of his time, for this work is rich in quotations from Greek and Arabic philosophical literature. See EJ, XIV, cols. 1270-1