SASPORTAS, JACOB. Kitzur Tzitzath Novel Tzvi [abridged compendium of correspondences and polemics against Sabbatian messianism]

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author

(EMDEN, JACOB)

printer

By the Editor

Place

Amsterdam (i.e. Altona

Publication

1768)

Description

Edited by Jacob Emden

references

Vinograd, Altona 92

summary

This work, originally appended to Sasportas’ volume of responsa Ohel Ya’akov was expunged by the Elders of Amsterdam’s Portuguese Community, frightened by the ferocity with which Sasportas attacked the followers of Shabthai Tzvi. See Carmilly-Weinberger, pp.61-2

ff.60. Browned, stamp on title. Needs rebinding. 4to

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