sefer BEN SHMUEL

Samuel de Medina (1506-1589); Shma'aya ben Moshe de Median, introduction and two poems by.

Published by Judah Samuel of Perugia and son Joshua Yehuda shmuel of Perugia and his son Yehoshua, Mantua, 1622

About this Item

In a very attractive, apparently contemporary, repaired, binding. 8vo. Vinograd, Mantua 205; Weiner 1485; Friedberg 1111. Samuel de Medina (1506-1589), known by the acronym MaHaRaSHADa'M, was one of the outstanding Halachic decisors of the 16th-century. The yeshiva he founded in Salonika (which was supported by the noble Donna Gracia Mendes-Nasi) gave rise to several famous scholars from throughout the Ottoman Empire. The present work, a book of thirty sermons, was published by his grandson Shema'aya. In his discourses, de Medina makes extensive use of the Spanish philosophical literature, such as Maimonides' Guide and Crescas' Or Ado-nai. See M. S. Goodblatt, Jewish Life in Turkey in the XVIth Century, as Reflected in the Legal Writings of Samuel de Medina (1952); L. Bornstein, Maphteach Le'Shut R. Shmuel de Median (1979); EJ. Volume XI, columns 1212-1214. The book has an introduction by the author' s grandson, the publisher, Rabbi Shmaya bar Moshe, with two poems in honor of the author. On leaf 117a: a poem written upon the completion of the book. Seller Inventory # 007478

Bibliographic Details

Title: sefer BEN SHMUEL

Publisher: Judah Samuel of Perugia and son Joshua Yehuda shmuel of Perugia and his son Yehoshua, Mantua

Publication Date: 1622

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition