Judaica
Jun 15, 2018
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LOT 191:
(KABBALAH)
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Sold for: $300
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200 - $300
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(Attributed to Nathan of Gaza). Chemdath Yamim ["Delight of Days:” Kabbalistic homilies through the year]
Three volumes (of four, lacks vol. II). Stamp and signatures of previous owners on titles and final leaves, including
Samson Raphael Hirsch, Mendel of Fuerth and Shimon Brandes Segal of Fuerth, scattered marginalia. ff. 160; (2), 134; 123. Some staining, vol. IV without title-page. Contemporary decorated boards, light wear. Sm. 4to. Vinograd Livorno 87.
Livorno: Moshe Etias , 1763-64.
For more on this controversial work see: See Israel Zinberg, A History of Jewish Literature, Vol. V (The Jewish Center of Culture in the Ottoman Empire) pp. 151-160; Abraham Yaari, Ta’alumath Sepher (Jerusalem, 1954); Isaiah Tishby, Kiryat Sefer 54:586, n. 7; Tarbiz 50 (1981) pp. 463-514; Bezalel Naor, Post-Sabbatian Sabbatianism (Spring Valley, 1999) pp. 58-68; Moshe Fogel, “The Sabbatian Character of Hemdat Yamim: A Re-examination,” in Rachel Elior (ed.) The Sabbatian Movement and Its Aftermath: Messianism, Sabbatianism and Frankism II (Jerusalem, 2001) pp. 365-422.
