(Editor). Mehararei Nemeirim
AUCTION 41 |
Thursday, September 18th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art
Lot 3
AKRA, ABRAHAM BEN SOLOMON
(Editor). Mehararei Nemeirim
Venice: Daniel Zanetti 1599
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $400
A collection of invaluable “Kelalei ha-Gemara” or principles of Talmudic methodology. These essays were penned by R. Emanuel Sephardi and by the distinguished Egyptian halachist R. David ibn Zimra. Specialized studies on the hermeneutic principle of “kal ve-chomer” (a fortiori) were drawn from the writings of R. Samuel Al-Valensi and R. ibn Musa.
In his introduction, the printer bemoans his inability to provide page numbers of the Talmudic citations, due to the scarcity of copies of the Talmud in Italy following its mass confiscation and subsequent destruction