Ha'emunot Vehade'ot [philosophy] - Rabbi Saadya Gaon [=Ra.Sa.G][=Saadya ben Yosef Alfiumi]. [1648]. MaAyeney ha-yeshua [Springs of Salvation: commentary on the book of Daniel]

In Hebrew. 7.5 x 6 inches. 2 works bound in one volume: 1.A medieval philosophic classic. 2. Abarbanel's tract on Daniel. Though neither place of issue nor printer are indicated on the title, the book can be ascribed without any doubt to the Officina Ben Israel. See Fuks, Hebrew Typography in the Northern Netherlands, V. I, p. 131. Title pages in Hebrew, printed within architectural woodcut frame, titles cropped. Hebrew Inscriptions on title pages : "Property of Chaim Isaac Musafiya, s.t." who had a substantial library. See Jewish Ntl Library. All books issued by Mensasseh Ben Israel are rare. Additional jpeg scans of other pages available upon request. 1. HaEmunot VehadeOt [philosophy] - Rabbi Saadya Gaon [=Ra.Sa.G][=Saadya ben Yosef Alfiumi]. [1648]. Additional Latin title, SCEPHER AEMUNOT sive liber DE CAPITIBUS FIDEI auctore celebri R. Scehadiah, with Menasseh ben Israel’s woodcut device. Originally written in Arabic, it was the first systematic treatise of religious Jewish philosophic literature. Translated into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibon. Hebrew title within elaborate architectural arch and columns. ff. (2), 3-53. Very rare. The Jewish National U. Library copy incomplete. Amsterdam, David de Castro Tartas for Joseph ben Israel: 1648.Saadiah Gaon's purpose is two-fold: to demonstrate that the principles of Judaism are compatible with reason and to interpret these principles in a manner that their rationality be evident. The book is divided into ten sections each of which is subdivided into chapters. The first nine sections philosophically establish the ten fundamental principles of faith and the tenth is devoted to ethics. Printed in double columns in Rashi script. With the expulsion from Spain in 1492, Jews were given to much eschatological speculation. In Ma'ayenei ha-Yeshua, Don Isaac Abrabanel. who had served as chief financial counselor th the King of Portugal and later to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, set out to explore the Jewish conception of the future Redemption. The book, the first part of a messianic trilogy, was completed in Italy in 1497. See B. Netanyahu, Don Isaac Abravanel: Statesman and Philosopher (1968), pp. 77-78. BOUND WITH: 2. Ma'ayeney ha-yeshua [Springs of Salvation: commentary on the book of Daniel] Don Yitzhak ben Yehuda Abrabanel. Vinograd Amsterdam # 136: Perush Daniel. [Amsterdam] [Imanuel Benebashti].[1647]. Without additional Latin title. ff. (1), 3-92. Tear on f.89, repair on f.91 slightly affecting some letters. Previous owners' signatures and stamps on titles of both works; the second work has a handwritten inscription on the verso of the title, Midrash Shevet Achim Hekdesh shel Ha-Tz[adik] Moshe Finzi Browned. Recent calf-backed boards. Vinograd, Amsterdam 143, Amsterdam 185. Amsterdam, David de Castro Tartas for Joseph ben Israel, & Menaseh ben Israel, 1647. Second edition. Abravanel, Isaac ben Yehuda, 1437-1508. Chaskata, Baruch Uziel ben Baruch, 16th cent. Amsterdam: David b. Abraham Castro Tartas, 92 f., 2 leaves. Printed in double columns./ With an introduction, a poem, and biography of the author by the editor, Baruch Uziel b. Baruch Chaskata./ Index at end. 92, [2 i.e. 184, 4] p. Title page in Latin is missing (as is the case with the Rosenthal Library copy listed by Roest). A momentous work of Abarbanel written in connection to the events of his day, the expulsion from Spain and Portugal. Abarbanel enters into the depths of the prophecies of Daniel with regard to the anticipated deliverance of the Jewish people. It starts with an introduction describing the tribulations of the Jews in Spain and elsewhere. He also writes of his personal life. Isaac Abrabanel devoted many of his works in examination of the Redemption. Here, he attempts to interpret the eschatological chapters of the Book of Daniel. Though neither place nor printer is indicated on the title, the book can be ascribe without any doubt to the Officiana Ben Israel. Scans available upon request.…