Zoth Torath Hakana’oth [polemic]

EMDEN, JACOB.

By the Author

Amsterdam (i.e. Altona

1752)

FIRST EDITION. Printed without a title-page. With Autograph Manuscript Notations in cursive script by Jacob Emden suggesting that the prophecies emanating from the Sabbatians is the result of Black Magic

Vinograd, Altona 54; Mehlman 1714; Raphael 8

An anthology of Sabbatianism. Including a biography of Shabthai Tzvi and critiques of Jonathan Eybescheutz, Nechemiah Hayun and other suspected Sabbatians. This copy with critical, indeed bitingly sarcastic comments written by Jacob Emden in the margins of a single leaf. Many of Emden’s annotated works are presently in the British Library, London and the Bodleian Library, Oxford, however neither possess an annotated copy of this rare polemic