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Published by Jewish National & University Library Press / Arno Press, Jerusalem, 1977
Seller: The Book Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
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SIGNED. IN HEBREW. 17X24 cm. 42+á pages. Softcover. In good condition. The book is in : Hebrew.
Published by Jewish National & University Library Press, Jerusalem, 1977
ISBN 10: 9910887142ISBN 13: 9789910887147
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo in full blue pebbled calf, titles in silver. Text in Hebrew, second title page and summar in English. Mildly ex-library: 'withdrawn' stamp on the English title page, evidence of sticker removal at the bottom of the spine and boards, white-out over what was probably another 'withdrawn' stamp on the Hebrew title page. Binding tight and square, virtually rubbing or shelf wear. Limited to 375 numbered copies for sale in the U.S., this being no. 48.
Published by Jewish National & University Library Press - Arno Press, Jerusalem - New York, 1977
ISBN 10: 0405119550ISBN 13: 9780405119552
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. In Hebrew, with a one and a half page English language introduction. 247 x 175 mm. 42, 19, 6 Pages. The work is preceded by a 34 page introductory essay, in Hebrew, by Gershom G. Scholem, revised and completed by Malachi Beit-Arie. There is also a one and a half page English language introduction. Limited, numbered, facsimile edition of 550 copies, on fine Swedish paper, of the 1510 Constantinople edition. The noted kabbalist and master stylist of the kabbalistic literature, Avraham ben Eliezer HaLevi (called HaZaken) was born in Spain around 1460 and was expelled from there in 1492. He wandered eastwards, spent time in Italy, Greece, Turkey and Egypt, and settled in Jerusalem some time before 1517. His apocalyptic kabbalistic views stem from his personal experiences with the horrors of the Jews' expulsion from Spain. He believed that the messianic era would begin in 1524 and would culminate in 1530 with the appearance of the messiah. He sought proof of this in the Bible, the Talmud, and the kabbalistic literature. He wrote Ma'amar Meshare Qitrin (= The Untier of Knots) in 1508 while in Greece, and had it published in Constantinople two years later. In one of his calls for penitence, he dealt in detail with Martin Luther, and he unwittingly helped prepare the way for the activities of the false messiah Solomon Mocho. The work is written in the apocalyptic style and contains Avraham ben Eliezer HaLevi's explanations of the messianic passages in the Book of Daniel.