ELIAKIM BEN ABRAHAM (i.e. Jacob Hart). Milchamoth Hashem
AUCTION 38 |
Thursday, November 29th,
2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 31
(ANGLO JUDAICA)
ELIAKIM BEN ABRAHAM (i.e. Jacob Hart). Milchamoth Hashem
London: David b. Mordechai Halevi 1794
Est: $800 - $1,200
PRICE REALIZED $900
"Wars of the Lord": A polemic against the theories of René Descartes and Sir Isaac Newton from a Judaic perspective.
A unique figure in his time, Hart (1745-1814) was the first native-born English Jew who posessed a level of Jewish learning on a par with his co-religionists on the Continent. The author displays a remarkable, if idiosyncratic, familiarity with the science of his day. For a detailed appraisal of Hart’s life and evaluation of his writings, see JHSET, Vol. IV (1940) pp. 207-223; A.J. Karp. From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress (1991), p. 225