Sha’arei Orah [Kabbalah].
Auction 94 |
Thursday, June 17th,
2021 at 11:00am
Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx
Lot 173
GIKATILLA, YOSEPH.
Sha’arei Orah [Kabbalah].
Riva di Trento: (Jacob Marcaria the Physician) 1561
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
R. Joseph Gikatilla (Chiquatilla) (1248-c.1325) was a disciple of the founder of the School of “Prophetic Kabbalah,” R. Avraham Abulafia, and close colleague of R. Moshe de Leon of Guadalajara.
For centuries, Sha’arei Orah has been viewed as a first-rate guide to the systematic presentation of the Sephiroth (Divine emanations) and their code names. Given its broad appeal, R. Chaim of Volozhin was known to recommend the work to his students as an important introduction to the study of Kabbalah.