Sepher ha-Chassidim [pietism]

Estimate: $300–$400
Hammer price: $500

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author

JUDAH THE CHASSID.

printer

Ambrose Froben

Place

Basle

Publication

1580

Description

Second edition. Title within typographical border, title word within decorative woodcut frame

references

Vinograd, Basle 168; Prijs, Basle 132; St. 5701, 2 ("Ed. quoque non frequens")

summary

Many of the passages in Sepher ha-Chassidim are homiletic and exegetic, explaining the philosophical or mystical meanings of Biblical verses and Talmudic sayings. For an extensive treatment of Aschkenazic Pietism, see I. Marcus, Piety and Society: The Jewish Pietists of Medieval Germany (1981). See also Ch. Soloveitchik, "Three Themes in the Sefer Hasidim," AJS Review, I (1976), pp. 311-57

ff. (4), 116. Tear on left edge of title, edges frayed and cropped affecting some text, worming, final leaf laid down. Old sheep, worn and rubbed. 4to

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