MIDRASH TANCHUMA. Hanikra Yelamdeinu [Midrashic homilies to the Pentateuch]. Attributed to Tanchuma bar Abba

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $1,400

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author

(MIDRASH)

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1545

Description

Second Edition.Title within woodcut architectural border. Opening words within decorative surround

references

Vinograd, Venice 243; Haberman, Bomberg 177; Adams M-1432

summary

The Tanchuma-Yelamdainu Midrashic cycle is one of the earliest collections of homilies wherein the Halacha is conjoined to the Agada. The name given to the work refers to the numerous homiletic interpretations quoted in the name of Tanchuma, the son of Abba, a Palestinian Aggadist who lived towards the end of the 4th-century. The second name, Yelamdeinu, arises from the fact that a large number of homilies open with the formula “Yelamdeinu Rabbeinu” (“May our master teach us”)

ff. 73 (i.e. 98). Lightly foxed and stained, trace wormed. Fine modern crushed morocco, novel gilt-tooled front cover replicating the title-page. Folio

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