Sepher ha-Chassidim [pietism]
AUCTION 40 |
Thursday, June 26th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 151
JUDAH THE CHASSID.
Sepher ha-Chassidim [pietism]
Basle: Ambrose Froben 1580
Est: $300 - $400
PRICE REALIZED $500
Many of the passages in Sepher ha-Chassidim are homiletic and exegetic, explaining the philosophical or mystical meanings of Biblical verses and Talmudic sayings. For an extensive treatment of Aschkenazic Pietism, see I. Marcus, Piety and Society: The Jewish Pietists of Medieval Germany (1981). See also Ch. Soloveitchik, "Three Themes in the Sefer Hasidim," AJS Review, I (1976), pp. 311-57