Tochachath Megulah Vehatzad Nachash [anti-Sabbatianism]. Two parts in one

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Lot 105

ERGAS, JOSEPH

Tochachath Megulah Vehatzad Nachash [anti-Sabbatianism]. Two parts in one

FIRST EDITION. ff. (2), 62. Slight marginal worming on title and first few leaves, otherwise a fine clean copy. Modern elegant gilted half morocco marbled boards. 8vo Vinograd, London 29; Roth, London 8; Mehlman 1700

London: for Moses Hagiz 1715

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

A two-pronged attack that sought to censure Nechemiah Hayon, perhaps the most militant champion of Sabbatian revisionism. Ergas’ polemic against Hayon contained both kabbalistic refutations of the legitimacy of Sabbatian mystical belief and harsh invective against Hayon personally. The second part of the volume [“To Ensnare a Serpent”] is a retaliation to Hayon’s attack upon the Chacham Zvi (entitled Hatzad Zvi [“To Ensnare a Deer”]. On Ergas’ role in this controversy see E. Carlebach, The Pursuit of Heresy (1990) pp.137-143; and B. Naor, Post Sabbatian Sabatianism (1999) pp.145-49