Shevet Musar [52 ethical sermons]

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

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Lot 110

ELIJAH HAKOHEN OF SMYRNA.

Shevet Musar [52 ethical sermons]

<<FIRST EDITION>> with Yiddish translation, printed in Wayber-taytsch type. ff. (1), 199, (2). Some wear. Contemporary vellum, gutter split, stained. 4to. Vinograd, Amsterdam 1400

Amsterdam: Hertz Levi the Physician 1732

Est: $200 - $300

PRICE REALIZED $150

A prolific author of many outstanding works, the author states that he is publishing this work first as it will bring the fear of G-d to those who read it. An ethical classic that has been republished many times to this very day. For the relationship between R. Elijah and Sabbatianism see, G. Scholem in: Sepher Hayovel… Alexander Marx (1950) pp. 451-70 and B. Naor. Post Sabbatian Sabbatianism (1999) pp. 31-36. For an evaluation of his career as a preacher see M. Saperstein. Jewish Preaching 1200-1800 (1989) pp. 301-326.