Alatah / Am To’ei Levav.
AUCTION 55 |
Thursday, June 21st,
2012 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 92
DEINARD, EPHRAIM.
Alatah / Am To’ei Levav.
(St. Louis?): 1927
Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $180
In the first work, Deinard argues in his typical bracing way, that the Zohar is not to be ascribed to R. Shimon bar Yochai, and that its source, the Kabbalah, is of a pagan nature. In the second work, Deinard unleashes his fury against all branches of the Chassidic movement founded by Ba’al Shem Tov - whose very existence he doubts. Deinard similarly castigates those scholars of Chassidism, such as S. A. Horodetzky, who seek to portray the movement in a positive light.