She’erith Yoseph [on the methodology of the Talmud].
AUCTION 58 |
Thursday, May 02nd,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters
Lot 195
JOSEPH IBN VERGA.
She’erith Yoseph [on the methodology of the Talmud].
Mantua: Moses Elishama Zifroni for Tommaso Ruffinelli 1593
Est: $500 - $600
The author, who lived in Turkey, was the son of Solomon ibn Verga, author of the historical chronicle, Shevet Yehudah. On the title-page, the author boasts he assembled many Talmudic principles not included in the earlier works on Talmudic methodology, that is, Sepher Kerithoth by Samson of Chinon and Halichoth Olam by Isaiah Halevi.