Nefutzoth Yehudah [sermons and eulogies]

Estimate

$400–$600

Hammer price

$500

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author

MOSCATO, JUDAH.

printer

Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1589

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title.

references

Vinograd, Venice 735.

summary

Chief Rabbi of Mantua Judah Moscato (c.1530-c.1593) established an entirely new school of homiletics. His purpose in preaching was not just to educate, but also to edify his audience - indeed it is known that his sermons were even attended by gentiles. The fifty-two sermons recorded in the present work reflect the spirit of the Renaissance and draw on the author’s vast knowledge of rational and mystical thought. See I. Bettan, Studies in Jewish Preaching (1939) pp. 192-226; EJ, Vol. XII, cols. 357-58.

ff. 14, 239. Title and indices supplied from another copy, some staining in first section. Modern calf. Sm. 4to.

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