Akitzath Akrav [polemic]

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 164

EMDEN, JACOB

Akitzath Akrav [polemic]

FIRST EDITION ff. 20. Few light stains in places. Modern morocco-backed marbled boards. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Altona 56; Raphael, Areshet vol. III, p.253-4 (no. 10:1); Mehlman 1711

Amsterdam (i.e. Altona): (By the Author) 1752

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,500

An outgrowth of the shattering Emden-Eybescheutz polemical crises: An examination of the amulets produced by Jonathan Eyebescheutz said to contain distinct Sabbathian characteristics. By decree of the Council of Four Lands, this printed polemic (one of the most acrimonious against Eyebescheutz) was banned and almost all copies were incinerated upon publication. See Carmilly-Weinberger, pp. 86-92; and M. J. Cohen, Jacob Emden: A Man of Controversy (1937) p. 221