Gevul Benyamin [sermons]
AUCTION 42 |
Thursday, December 18th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 155
HAKOHEN, BENJAMIN BEN ELIEZER VITALE OF REGGIO.
Gevul Benyamin [sermons]
Amsterdam: Solomon Proops 1727
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $450
The author was considered one of the major exponents of Lurianic Kabbalah in Italy. A devout follower of Shabbathai Tzvi - even after the latters apostasy, R. Benjamin was for decades one of Italy’s leading underground Sabbathians, seeking to combine traditional Judaism with the belief in the messianic character of Shabbathai Tzvi. For a fuller examination of R. Benjamin’s involvment in the Sabbatian movement, see A. Freimann (ed.) Inyanei Shabbetai Zevi (1912) pp. 93-108