Derashoth al HaTorah [sermons to the Pentateuch].

SHUAIB, JOSHUA IBN.

Isaac Prostitz

Cracow

1573-75

Second edition. Title within architectural arch.

Vinograd, Cracow 37.

Ibn Shuaib lived in Spain in the first half of the 14th century and was a disciple of R. Solomon ibn Adret, (RaSHB”A) and later, teacher of R. Menachem ibn Zerach (author of Tzeidah LaDerech). The sermons of Ibn Shuaib are unique inasmuch as they are the only collection of sermons by a Rishon (medieval authority) that span the entire Pentateuch and cycle of the year. They were clearly written to be delivered before an audience, and only afterwards prepared for publication, as evidenced by both the homiletic style and reference to specific occasions.