Julius Otto. Gali Razia / Occultorum Detectio.

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $40

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author

(CHRISTIAN KABBALAH)

printer

Sebastian Korber

Place

Nürnberg

Publication

1605

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title in Hebrew, Latin and German. Text consists of Hebrew passages from Scripture and Rabbinic literature both in Hebrew letters and Latin transliteration, as well as Latin and German translations thereof.

references

Vinograd, Nürnberg 8; Scholem 884.

summary

A conversionary polemical tract. The author (1562-1603), Professor of Hebrew Language at Altdorf, was a Jewish apostate, formerly named Naphtali Margaliot. See E. Carlebach, Divided Souls (2001) p. 123.

Ex-library, foxed. Later vellum, rubbed. 4to.

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