Hebrew. LATER PROPHETS). With the commentary of DAVID BEN JOSEPH KIMCHI (RaDa"K)

(BIBLE

Sons of Gershom Soncino

Pesaro

1515-16

Title within distinctive Renaissance ornament: four piece white-on-black woodcut border. Letters of initial words within white-on-black decorative vignettes.

Vinograd, Pesaro 11; Adams B-1280

Complete Copy of Rare Pesaro Imprint of R. David Kimchi's Commentary. No doubt the leading exegete of the prodigious Kimchi Family, David Kimchi wrote on all the Prophetic Books as well as Psalms, Chronicles and Genesis. His method follows that of the "peshat" (the simple sense), yet often utilizes "derash" (homiletics), employing aggadic interpretations. As an adherent of Maimonides’ philosophical views, David Kimchi occasionally introduces rationalist notions into his commentaries. See M. Waxman, A History of Jewish Literature, Vol. I, pp. 199-200. According to the renowned bookseller Rabbi David Frankel, most Pesaro hebrew imprints are even scarcer than incunabula.