Peirush HaTorah [Commentary on the Torah]

Estimate

$2,000–$3,000

Hammer price

$2,100

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

IBN EZRA, ABRAHAM.

printer

Astruc de Toulon

Place

Constantinole

Publication

1514

Description

Second edition. Attractive margins.

references

Vinograd Const. 40; Yaari Const. 24; St. Cat. Bodl. 4221:2; Mehlman 623.

summary

It would be difficult to find a medieval sage as peripatetic as Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164). A native of Tudela, Spain, he lived at different times in North Africa, Italy, France, and England. Despite the maverick nature of his commentary - which does not accept rabbinic tradition uncritically - he was revered throughout the ages. Ibn Ezra belonged to a school of Spanish pashtanim, who sought - by heavy reliance on Hebrew grammar and linguistic analysis - to arrive at the simple meaning of the Bible text.

ff. 83 (of 87). Lacking ff. 1-2, 12 and 55, lightly stained in places, stamp removed from last page. Later vellum. Folio.

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