ephraim modena (1 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: g. 12 leaves. Rebound in softcover. A work on Jewish ethics. No damage to front and back covers. There is some foxing on the pages not affecting text. Text in Hebrew. Overall good condition. On Sefer Ha-Musar. (source: Introduction by Johanan Wittkower) This work was copied from manuscript Cod. Heb. CCLV. 4to found in the Staats - und Universitatsbibliothek, the great library in Hamburg and copied by Johanan Wittkower of Altona. This little pamphlet, written by Ephraim ben Joab of Modina, was first printed in 390 [1549/1550] . Written in 46 mini chapters, each chapter being a paragraph, in the a style akin to Ecclesiastes, is about how the wise/righteous and the wicked are one and the same and how the wise/righteous can overcome the wicked. This work was edited by Johanan Wittkower.