Miphaloth Elo-him [on the question of creation ex-nihilo, miracles and prophecy].

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $550

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author

ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1592

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, Venice 771; Habermann, di Gara 137.

summary

In this treatise, Don Isaac Abrabanel (1437-1508), former finance minister to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel of Spain, Bible exegete and philosopher, takes up the cudgels with Aristotle’s theory of the eternity of the world, mustering logical proofs to demonstrate that the world was created in actual time.

ff. 96. Final few leaves taped along gutter. Modern calf. 8vo.

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