Kitzur Shnei Luchoth ha-Berith [abbreviation of Shnei Luchoth ha-Berith by R. Isaiah Horowitz]

Estimate: $300–$400
Hammer price: $300

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author

EPSTEIN, YECHIEL MICHEL

printer

Yechiel Michel Mai

Place

Dyhernfurth

Publication

1786

Description

Title within typographic border

references

Vinograd, Dyhernfurth 258

summary

R. Jacob Emden suspected the author R. Yechiel Michel Epstein of being a follower of the pseudo-messiah Shabbtai Tzvi. An indication of this is found in the final words of the Author's preface of this work, "mashi'ach ha-amiti" ("the true Messiah"), whose numerical value of 814 is equal to that of Shabbtai Tzvi. See B. Naor, Post-Sabbatian Sabbatianism (1999) pp. 46-48

ff. (1), 80. Title and first leaves crudely tape repaired, browned and wormed. Later cloth. 4to

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