Bidspirit auction | CAMPANTON, YITZHAK. Darchei Ha’Gemara [Talmudic

CAMPANTON, YITZHAK. Darchei Ha’Gemara [Talmudic methodology]. ff. 12. Dampstained, inscriptions excised from title. Recent boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Mantua 184. Mantua, Tommaso Ruffinelli, 1592. The only work of the Spanish rabbi, Isaac Campanton (1360-1463). He lived at a time when Jewish scholarship and Talmudic erudition was on the decline among the Jews of the Iberian Peninsular. His work is a useful contribution to Talmudic methodology, attempting to provide a practical guide for teachers of the Talmud. Regarding textual variations, see Yudlov, Aresheth, Vol VI, pp.101-2.