IBN SHUAIB, JOEL.

Giovanni di Gara

Venice

v.d.

Olath Shabbath [sermons for the Sabbath]. FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut architectural arch. ff. (8), 160. Title neatly remargined, marginal repairs to first few leaves. [Vinograd, Venice 625; Haberman, di Gara 44; Adams I-18]. 1577. * ADARBI, ISAAC BEN SAMUEL. Divrei Shalom [sermons and homilies on the Pentateuch]. FIRST EDITION with the notes by Eliezer ben Shabthai. Title within architectural arch. ff. 168. Neat marginal repairs to last leaf, marginalia. [Vinograd, Venice 688; Habermann, di Gara 78; not in Adams]. 1586.

A native of Spain, ibn Shuaib lived in Saragossa shortly before the expulsion in 1492. His sharp criticism of the Marranos apparently resulted in bringing many of them to return openly to the Jewish faith. His collected sermons reveal both an extensive rabbinic knowledge and broad general culture. His work also gives an interesting description of the organization of sacred societies for communal needs in Saragossa. See EJ, IIX col.1201.