(Ed.) Sepher Masoreth [novellae to the Bible]

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Lot 142

JOSEPH IBN RAI

(Ed.) Sepher Masoreth [novellae to the Bible]

FIRST EDITION. Title within typographic border. ff. 20. Ex-library. Dampstained and wrinkled. Modern marbled boards, spine distressed. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Venice 1030; Habermann, di Gara 249; Mehlman 672

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1607

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $350

The Masorah provides the number of times a particular word appears in the Bible. In his Bible commentary, the Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher) sought to expound significance to this phenomenon. The present work, Sepher Masoreth, provides further studies utlizing this approach.