Peirush HaTorah [Commentary on the Torah]

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 165

IBN EZRA, ABRAHAM.

Peirush HaTorah [Commentary on the Torah]

Second edition. Attractive margins. ff. 83 (of 87). Lacking ff. 1-2, 12 and 55, lightly stained in places, stamp removed from last page. Later vellum. Folio. Vinograd Const. 40; Yaari Const. 24; St. Cat. Bodl. 4221:2; Mehlman 623.

Constantinole: Astruc de Toulon 1514

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,100

It would be difficult to find a medieval sage as peripatetic as Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164). A native of Tudela, Spain, he lived at different times in North Africa, Italy, France, and England. Despite the maverick nature of his commentary - which does not accept rabbinic tradition uncritically - he was revered throughout the ages. Ibn Ezra belonged to a school of Spanish pashtanim, who sought - by heavy reliance on Hebrew grammar and linguistic analysis - to arrive at the simple meaning of the Bible text.