Miphaloth Elo-him [“The Deeds of God” on the question of creation ex nihilo, miracles and prophecy]

AUCTION 30 | Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books and Manuscripts

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ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

Miphaloth Elo-him [“The Deeds of God” on the question of creation ex nihilo, miracles and prophecy]

FIRST EDITION ff. 96, Stamp on title. Modern boards. 8vo Vinograd, Venice 771; Habermann, di Gara 137; Adams A-52

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1592

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $750

In this treatise, Don Isaac Abrabanel (1437-1508), former finance minister to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel of Spain, Bible exegete and philosopher, takes up the cudgels with Aristotle’s theory of the eternity of the world, mustering logical proofs to demonstrate that the world was created in actual time