Neveh Shalom [philosophy]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $350

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author

SHALOM, ABRAHAM BEN ISAAC.

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1575

Description

Second edition. The Mayer Sulzberger copy. Scattered marginalia in a Sephardic hand.

references

Vinograd, Venice 607; Habermann, di Gara 37

summary

A series of homilies on aggadic passages in the Talmud, interwoven with a discussion meant to serve as a defense of Maimonides’ reconciliation of Greek philosophy and Jewish thought. The author had a thorough command of all fields of knowledge of his time and this work is rich in references to Greek and Arabic philosophical literature. See EJ, XIV, cols. 1270-1.

ff. (4), 213, (15). Ex-library, some staining. Later half-calf. 4to

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