Biur al HaTorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]
AUCTION 44 |
Thursday, June 25th,
2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 47
BACHIAH BEN ASHER
Biur al HaTorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]
Rimini: Gershom Soncino 1524-26
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,000
Bachiah ben Asher ben Chalawa (13th-century), Dayan of Saragossa, was a Kabbalist of the School of R. Solomon ben Adret of Barcelona. His Commentary is one of the most influential encyclopedic works on the Torah utilizing a wide variety of sources. Noteworthy are his Kabbalistic references, Midrashic interpretations as well as citations from lost Midrashim. For an excellent work on the Kabbalistic sources of R. Bachiah, see E. Gottlieb, Mekorotav shel R. Bachiah...Be’kitvei R. Yoseph Gikatilla in: Bar Ilan University Annual Vol. I (1969) pp. 306-26; and R. Yitzchak Sagi Nahor Ve’talmidav- Mekorot R. Bachiah Be’kitvei Ha’mekubalim, Bar Ilan University Annual, Samuel Bialoblocki Memorial Volume, (1964) pp.215-50