Miphaloth Elo-him [“The Deeds of God”: on the question of creation ex nihilo, miracles, and prophecy]

Estimate: $500–$700
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.

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. Title repaired with minor loss and with previous owners’ marks, few marginal repairs, lightly stained. Modern calf. 8vo.

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