Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical sermons to the Pentateuch]

Estimate

$500–$700

Hammer price

$500

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author

ARAMA, ISAAC

printer

Alvise Bragadin & Meir Parenzo

Place

Venice

Publication

1565

Description

Third Edition. Title in red and black. Printer’s device on title (Yaari no.18)

references

Vinograd, Venice 506; not in Adams

summary

Representative of an anti-Aristotelian trend directed chiefly against Maimonides and his followers, Arama’s philosophical influence is reflected primarily in the writings of Isaac Abarbanel. Affectionately known as the “Ba’al Akeida,” Arama has been consistently quoted and utilized, especially by Polish and Galician preachers until the present day. Numerous works interpreting Arama’s philosophy were issued through the centuries, of particular note is Israel Kitover’s Biurei Ha’midoth (1875). Arama’s great popularity stems from his stylistic combination of the Aschkenazic didactic and moralizing style with the philosophic tendency popular among Spanish and Provencal Jews. See I. Rivkind, Kiryat Sepher, vol. II p.60

ff. 350. Ex-library. Title and final leaf repaired, stained, some leaves misound but complete, corredtions in a later Ashkenazic hand. Later calf-backed heavy wooden boards, rubbed. Folio

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