Neveh Shalom [philosophy]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $250

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author

SHALOM, ABRAHAM BEN ISAAC.

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1575

Description

Second edition. Title within architectural arch. A few marginalia in Hebrew and French.

references

Vinograd, Venice 607; Habermann, di Gara 37; not in Adams

summary

A series of homilies on various aggadic passages from the Talmud, interwoven with a philosophical discussion meant to serve as a defense of Maimonides’ reconciliation of Greek philosophy and Jewish thought. The author had a thorough command of the fields of knowledge of his time, for this work is rich in quotations from Greek and Arabic philosophical literature. See EJ, XIV, cols. 1270-1.

ff.(4),213,(15). Margin of title torn and repaired. Dampstaining and worming. Later morocco backed boards. 4to

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