(MOSES BEN MAIMON, (MAIMONIDES

Jacob Soterem

Cologne

1555

/ RaMBa”M). Judah ben Saul Ibn Tibbon, (pseud.) Ruach Ha-Chen. FIRST EDITION. pp. 14, (2), 157, (2). [Vinograd, Cologne 5; Mehlman 1860]. * Bound with: MAIMONIDES, MOSES, De Astrologia...Epistola...Hebraea. ff.44. [Vinograd, Cologne 4; Mehlman 1873; Adams M-162]

First work atributed to ibn Tibbon is a commentary on philosophical terms and concepts expounded by Maimonides in his Moreh Nevuchim. The author states in the preface: “The Spirit of Grace (“Ruach Ha-Chen”) emanating from the Moreh Nevuchim has caused me to explore and unmask its closed gates". The second work is the first Latin translation of Maimonides’ Letter to the Men of Marseilles, energetically opposing the study and practice of astrology. As is evident from the Latin introduction, both works were published together. Yudlov in his catalog of the Mehlman collection, Ginzei Yisrael, nos. 1860 and 1873 follows Zedner p. 400 and Roest p. 618 who both state that the name ibn Tibbon is really a pseudonym and that the work is attributed to Jacob Antoli