Auction 44 · Lot 197

Midrash Tanchuma hanikra Yelamdeinu [Midrashic homilies to the Pentateuch]. Attributed to Tanchuma bar Abba

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $800

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author

(MIDRASH)

printer

D. Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1545

Description

Second edition

references

Vinograd, Venice 243; Habermann, Bomberg 177

summary

The Tanchuma-Yelamdainu Midrashic cycle is one of the earliest collections of homilies wherein the Halacha is conjoined to the Agada. Commencing with questions of Halachic matter the discussion turns to Agadic and homiletic interpretation. The name given to the work refers to the numerous interpretations quoted in the name of Tanchuma, the son of Abba, a Palestinian Agadist who lived towards the end of the 4th-century. The second name, Yelamdeinu, arises from the fact that a large number of homilies open with the formula “Yelamdeinu Rabbeinu” (“May our master teach us.”)

ff. 98 (final leaf mispaginated "73" as in all copies). Marginal repair to title, previous owners signature and inscription on title in a contemorary, precise Ashkenazic hand (Aaron ben Yechiel), stamp of previous owner on final leaf (Chacham Yoseph ben David De-kahal Bachzecha), some staining, slight worming in places. Later half calf, rubbed. Folio

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