Traditionally attributed to Ishmael the High Priest and Nechunyah ben Hakaneh. HATEMUNAH [kabbalah]. With anonymous commentary. WITH: Sod Shem haMeforash

Estimate: $700–$900
Hammer price: $1,300

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author

(Anonymous).

printer

Johann Anton Kreiger

Place

Koretz

Publication

1784

Description

First Edition. wide margined copy. Numerous spherical charts. With stamp of Judah Leib [Twersky], son of the Rabbi of Hornasteipel.

references

Vinograd, Koretz 38

summary

Hatemunah is one of the most esoteric works of Kabbalistic literature. It’s importance lies in the theory of Shemitoth (Cosmic Cycles) and takes the form of a commentary on the shapes of the Hebrew alphabet. See EJ, XV col. 999. Ben-Yaakov, in Otzar HaSefarim, no. 46, erroneously states that Sepher HaTemunah was previously printed at the end of Zohar Chadash, Constantinople, 1740. It is in fact, another work: Kuntress Sod Hashem

ff. (1),76. Lightly browned and dampstained in places. Later chestnut morocco, spine in compartments, gently rubbed at edges. Lg.4to

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