Nefutzoth Yehudah [sermons and eulogies]

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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MOSCATO, JUDAH.

Nefutzoth Yehudah [sermons and eulogies]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Printer’s device on title. ff. 14, 239. Title and indices supplied from another copy, some staining in first section. Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 735.

Venice: Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara 1589

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $500

Chief Rabbi of Mantua Judah Moscato (c.1530-c.1593) established an entirely new school of homiletics. His purpose in preaching was not just to educate, but also to edify his audience - indeed it is known that his sermons were even attended by gentiles. The fifty-two sermons recorded in the present work reflect the spirit of the Renaissance and draw on the author’s vast knowledge of rational and mystical thought. See I. Bettan, Studies in Jewish Preaching (1939) pp. 192-226; EJ, Vol. XII, cols. 357-58.