Item 6280. DON YITSHAK ABARBANEL, 1437-1509

DON YITSHAK ABARBANEL, 1437-1509

Nyu-York: Farlag Kinder-Ring Bey Dem Bildungs-Depart?ment Fun Arbeter-Ring, 1941. Item #29749

Cloth, 8vo. 48 pages. In Yiddish. Series: Kinder-ring bibliotek. Illustrated children’s biography of Abravanel, the famous Sephardic theologian. Full page black and white illustrations. SUBJECT (S) : Sephardim -- Biography. Abravanel, Isaac, 1437-1508. Responsibility: fun Y. Metsker ; ilustrirt fun H Nayshlos. Abrabanel was a “statesman, biblical exegete, and theologian. Offshoot of a distinguished Ibero-Jewish family, Abrabanel (the family name also appears as Abravanel, Abarbanel, Bravanel, etc. ) spent 45 years in Portugal, then passed the nine years immediately prior to Spanish Jewry's 1492 expulsion in Castile. At that time an important figure at the court of Ferdinand and Isabella, he chose Italian exile over conversion to Christianity. He spent his remaining years in various centers in Italy where he composed most of his diverse literary corpus, a combination of prodigious biblical commentaries and involved theological tomes” (Avneri, Zvi et al, EJ, 2012) . OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Very good condition. Kazdan 151. (YIDCHI-2-11).

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