(RaMCHa”L). Choker U’mekubal [“The Philosopher and the Kabbalist”]

LUZZATTO, MOSES CHAIM

Tzvi Hirsch Margalioth

Sklow

1785

FIRST EDITON. Title within typographical border

Vinograd, Sklow 31

Written as a Socratic dialogue between a philosopher and a Lurianic kabbalist, Luzzatto responds to criticisms against the Kabbalah which were current among the rationalists in Italy and attempts to prove that only Lurianic Kabbalah can give a satisfactory answer to Judaism’s religious problems. The most scholarly edition, based on a copy of the author’s manuscript and with an introduction by M. Freustadt, was issued in Koenigsberg, 1840. An important punctuated, annotated edition with an excellent introduction was issued by Mosad Harav Kook in 1952