While browsing through Abarbanel’s commentary on the early prophets, I came across his introduction of the Book of Kings. Writing about kings, he starts writing about the King of Spain and the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, including himself, of which more below. I am not the first person to notice this, and I … Continue reading Perush Al Neviim Rishonim (Commentary on the early prophets) by Rabbi Don Yitzchak Abarbanel, third edition, Hamburg, 1687, with Abarbanel’s description of the expulsion from Spain in 1492.
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Perush ha-Torah by Don Yitzchak Abarbanel, Hanau, 1710.
This edition of Don Yitzchak Abarbanel's famous commentary was printed in Hanau in 1710. It is a bulky book and comes with a Latin preface and dedication (which I have to admit, despite four years of grammar school Latin, I can barely read), as well as rabbinical haskomos (approbations) Rabbi Don Isaac ben Judah Abravanel … Continue reading Perush ha-Torah by Don Yitzchak Abarbanel, Hanau, 1710.
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