Lot 165
“Moreh Nevuchim” with Commentary – Corrections by Yehudah Even-Shmuel
1. Sefer Moreh HaMoreh, commentary for “Moreh Nevuchim” (The Guide for the Perplexed) by Rabbi Shem Tov Falaquera. Pressburg. 1837. [2], 179 pp, 19.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Detached binding and last leaf.
2. Sefer Moreh Nevuchim by Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, with commentary by Moshe Narbonne and commentary by Givat HaMoreh. Berlin, 1791. [11], 108 pp, 20 cm. Fair-good condition.
On both volumes appear corrections and markings handwritten by Yehudah Even-Shmuel who also notes at the beginning of each of the volumes “the corrections and notes in this copy are mine”.
Yehudah Even-Shmuel (Kaufman, 1886-1976), winner of the Israel Prize for Jewish Studies for the year 1973 and winner of the Rabbi Kook Prize for Biblical Studies, 1959; translated into Hebrew the “Kuzari” and composed a comprehensive commentary on The Guide for the Perplexed, up to the first part of Part Three
