Scholem, Gerhard (Gershom). Qabbala, Das Buch Bahir. Kritische Neuausgabe.

Estimate: $400–$600
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author

(KABBALAH).

printer

Arthur Scholem

Place

Leipzig

Publication

1923

Description

First Edition . German, with occasional Hebrew. Illustrated title-page featuring the Ten Sefiroth.

summary

A translation of and commentary to the Sepher HaBahir, the earliest extant Kabbalistic text and one of the most obscure and difficult. The doctoral thesis by Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), the founder of the modern, academic study of Kabbalah. Title page reproduces the woodcut by Hans Burgkmayr that appeared in Paulus Ricius’ “Portae Lucis,” Augsburg, 1516.

pp. (6), 171. Lightly browned. Original printed boards, rubbed. 4to.

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