Sha’arei Tzedek [Kabbalah - on the Sephiroth]
AUCTION 49 |
Wednesday, October 27th,
2010 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Graphic Art
Lot 134
GIKATILLA, JOSEPH
Sha’arei Tzedek [Kabbalah - on the Sephiroth]
Riva di Trento: Jacob Marcaria the Physician 1561
Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $900
A Spanish-born Kabbalist, Joseph Gikatilla, the originator of the doctrine equating the infinate Ein Sof with the first of the Ten Sephiroth, sought in this original work to provide a detailed yet lucid and systematic exposition of Kabbalism.
Prof. Farber-Ginat opines that Gikatilia's Sha'arei Tzedek is an early version ("mahadura kama") of his Sha'arei Orah (see next lot). This is the only plausible explanation for the considerable overlap between the two works. In some instances, whole passages from Sha'arei Tzedek appear verbatim in Sha'arei Orah; other times, the material has been reworked and expanded. See Farber-Ginat, p.16, n. 23