Sepher HaShirim HaMeshuchlal. Text in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic with an extensive commentary by the Gaon R. Yachya Korach

Estimate: $100–$150
Hammer price: $80

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author

(SHABAZI, SHALEM OF YEMEN)

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Yavneh

Place

Tel Aviv

Publication

1932

summary

Poems for the Sabbath, Holidays and festive occasions including 43 poems and hymns commencing with the letter Aleph. Shalem Shabazi (17th-century) is considered Yemen’s greatest Jewish poet. His style, although based on kabbalah is comparably simple, making it both popular and spiritually elevating. Regarded as a miracle worker, his tomb became a shrine for both Jews and Muslims.

pp. 160, (2), 3-16, 46. Contemporary boards. Unusually tall 8vo. Sold not subject to return

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