Bidspirit auction | (BIBLE). SHERTLAN (SERLES), MOSHE BEN

(BIBLE). SHERTLAN (SERLES), MOSHE BEN ISSACHAR HALEVI. Lekach Tov [interlinear Yiddish translation and novellae to the Bible (Na'ch). - FIRST EDITION. Hebrew in square letters, Yiddish in waybertaytsch letters. Signature of Mordechai ben Solomon Segal Katz, Hazzan and scribe of the Bohemian town Bomesia (Miada Boleslav), dated 1659. May other early owner's marks and annotations. With the rare supplement by the Rada”k. Many early marginal notations by teachers. ff. 284. Foxed and few neat marginal repairs. Modern calf. 4to. Vinograd, Prague 124; Mehlman 1372. Prague, Moshe ben Bezalel Katz, 1604      An early text for teachers, with extensive Yiddish translation.     In his introduction, the author states he was prompted to issue this teachers' aid translation, having directly witnessed the poor understanding of the Biblical text by his students in the original Hebrew.     The author's method is to intersperse Yiddish translation with Hebrew passages of original interpretation. A significant portion of commentary is given to those verses upon which Christianity rests its belief, and in turn, provides a traditional Jewish response.     Included at the conclusion of Tehilim: R. David Kimchi's Teshuvoth LeNotzrim (Responses to Christians), often lacking due to censorship.