Bidspirit auction | ARAMA, YITZCHAK. Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical

ARAMA, YITZCHAK. Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Chumash and Five Megilloth]. FIRST EDITION with commentary to the Five Scrolls. Title within woodcut architectural arch. First words of two opening Books in white within arabesques. Occasional Latin marginalia. ff. 308 (i.e. 302) + index: ff. 12. Lightly foxed and stained, stamp removed from final page affecting a couple of letters. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 587. Venice, Giovanni di Gara, 1573. Affectionately known as the Ba’al Akeidah, R. Yitzchak Arama’s work has been consistently quoted and influential to the present day. The author’s popularity stems from his stylistic combination of the Aschkenazic moralizing style with the philosophic tendency popular among Spanish and Provencal Jews. The title of the work, 'Binding of Isaac' refers to the successful binding and connecting of the two forms of homiletics: 'Derishah' and 'Perishah.' The commentary to the Book of Esther is actually the work of R. Yitzchak Arama’s son, R. Meir Arama.