Hanikra Yelamdeinu [Midrashic homilies to the Pentateuch]. Attributed to Tanchuma bar Abba, with iindices by the editor, Ezra Fano. With an index of parables.

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MIDRASH TANCHUMA

Hanikra Yelamdeinu [Midrashic homilies to the Pentateuch]. Attributed to Tanchuma bar Abba, with iindices by the editor, Ezra Fano. With an index of parables.

Marginalia. The Sigmund Seeligmann copy. ff. 106. Stained, some worming with taped repairs, previous owners' marks. Recent marbled boards. Folio Vinograd, Mantua 93

Mantua: Ruffinelli 1563

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

A scarce edition. According to the introduction, this edition is based upon two manuscripts that contain much new material that did not appear in earlier editions. The printer utilizes the symbol of a pointed-finger along the margins to denote new material. For a literary comparison of the various editions, see S. Buber’s introduction to his edition of Midrash Tanchuma, Vilna 1885.