Neveh Shalom [philosophy]

SHALOM, ABRAHAM BEN ISAAC.

Giovanni di Gara

Venice

1575

Second edition. Title within garlanded architectural arch. Previous owner’s signature David ben Yitzchak Bacharach on verso of title and final leaf

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

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, this work is rich in quotations from Greek and Arabic philosophical literature. See EJ, XIV, cols. 1270-1