Sepher Iyov im Perush [commentary to Book of Job with text]

ISAAC BEN SOLOMON HAKOHEN

Eliezer Soncino

Constantinople

1545

FIRST EDITION. Title within typographic border. On f.116r. signature of previous owner “Ani Menahem…Finzi-Contini(?).” Final page, censor’s signature dated 1609

Vinograd, Const. 185; Yaari, Const. 139 (this copy variant B); not in Adams

In his introduction, Hakohen writes that in terms of methodology, he follows in the footsteps of Me’iri (Rabbi Menahem Me’iri of Perpignan) (1249-1316). This is an inavaluable reference, as Meiri’s commentary to the book of Job, unlike his commentaries to Proverbs and Psalms, has not survived. Isaac ben Solomon Hakohen lived in Constantinople in the sixteenth century. Besides his commentary to Job, he left a commentarty to the Ethics of the Fathers. See JE, vol. VI, p. 633