Bidspirit auction | BENAMOZEGH, ELIJAH.

BENAMOZEGH, ELIJAH. - Torath Ha’Elo-him [Pentateuch with five Megiloth and Haphtaroth]. With commentaries of Targum Onkelos, Rashi, Ba’al HaTurim, Sifthei Chachamim and Ger Tzedek, a commentary on Onkelos by Benamozegh.. First Edition of Ger Tzedek. Complete in five volumes. Light wear. Contemporary uniform calf-backed boards, rubbed. 8vo. Vinograd, Livorno 1106. Elijah Benamozegh, Livorno: 1854. Rabbi of Livorno, Elijah Benamozegh (1822-1900) achieved in his writings a unique synthesis of the old and the new, which likely could have only flourished in the unique Jewish intellectual environment of Italy. The author combined the latest findings of modern scholarship with a devotion to the Kabbalah, while also examining issues of pluralism and patriotism.