Meswa, Joseph ben David. Prodgama Chadasha [Open letter defending the author’s book MiBein haChidoth against the calumny of R. Anshel Worms]

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 188

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Meswa, Joseph ben David. Prodgama Chadasha [Open letter defending the author’s book MiBein haChidoth against the calumny of R. Anshel Worms]

Broadside Folio Vinograd, Amsterdam 1930

Amsterdam: 1767

Est: $2,500 - $3,000

The physician Anshel Worms claimed that the author misinterpreted several aspects of the Masorah (which records how many times each word appears in the Bible), demonstrating his ignorance in these mattrers. Our author rises to the defense