Anonymous. Ma'amarim ve-Kavanatham [philosophic explications of sayings of the sages of the Talmud]

(PHILOSOPHY).

(Spain)

(Fifteenth Century)

Hebrew. Spanish cursive. Different hands. Previous owner’s English signatures along many margins

Unpublished Work of Jewish Thought. In explicating the various Agadoth of the Talmud, the Author tackles perennial philosophic problems such as Free Will versus Predestination (see e.g. ff. 25-26), Creation, Miracles, etc. On f.50r. there is the briefest kabbalistic discussion of sephiroth (two sephiroth of "zechuth" and "mazal"), but this is uncharacteristic of the work as a whole, which is purely philosophic in tenor. What is most remarkable is the lack of references to medieval sources such as Maimonides, et al