Divrei Nechemiah [kabbalistic sermons]

AUCTION 8 | Tuesday, November 16th, 1999 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Lot 364

HAYUN, NECHEMIAH CHIYA.

Divrei Nechemiah [kabbalistic sermons]

FIRST EDITION ff. (2), 89 (i.e. 87). Browned, scatterd marginal worming, foxed in places. Modern black morocco boards.Sm. 4to Vinograd, Berlin 66

Berlin: Baruch Buchbinder (1713)

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $550

The appearance of this heretical text (complete with fraudulent approbations from prominent Rabbinic leaders) resulted in a fierce assault upon Chayun - the most militant champion of the false Messiah, Shabbetai Tzvi. In order to prevent a possible revival of the Shabbatean heresy most copies of this work were destroyed. See E. Carlebach, The Pursuit of Heresy (1990) pp.75-159