(Attributed to Nathan of Gaza). Chemdath Yamim ["Delight of Days:” Kabbalistic homilies through the year]

AUCTION 76 |
Thursday, June 14th,
2018 at 3:00 PM
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 191
(KABBALAH)
(Attributed to Nathan of Gaza). Chemdath Yamim ["Delight of Days:” Kabbalistic homilies through the year]
Livorno: Moshe Etias 1763-64
Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $300
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.