Commentary
Ma‘yenei ha-Yeshu‘ah
Isaac Abravanel
Isaac Abravanel’s commentary on Daniel, completed at Monopoli in [5]257 (1496) and printed at Ferrara in 1551. In its twelfth Ma‘yan he reads the scroll of Sanhedrin 97b as naming 5291 for the end of the wonders.
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Abravanel in Ma‘yenei ha-Yeshu‘ah: the scroll’s year is 5291, the end of the wonders · commentary →
Abravanel in Ma‘yenei ha-Yeshu‘ah: the scroll’s year is 5291, the end of the wonders · commentary →
Edition and location
Isaac Abravanel, Ma‘yenei ha-Yeshu‘ah, commentary on Daniel ([Ferrara: Samuel], 1551 [5311]), Ma‘yan 12, Tamar 1, fol. 123r (קכג), from “אמר רב אחא שלא אמר רב נחמן” to “עד סוף האלף”. Transcribed from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek copy (MDZ bsb10151078, image 48; the scroll as Abravanel quotes it on image 49, fol. 122v; colophon on image 15). Abbreviation strokes and numeral marks rendered with geresh (׳) and gershayim (״); the printer’s dots between clauses rendered ·; line breaks joined. The printed “יהית” (for יהיה) and “רב נחמן” (for Rav Ḥanan bar Taḥlifa of the Talmud) are kept as printed. New Rainbow Watch translation (2026), AI-assisted, placed before the Hebrew; quoted sayings are translated from Abravanel’s Hebrew.
Ma‘yan 12, Tamar 1, fol. 123r