Auction 98 Auction of Fine Judaica
By Kestenbaum & Company
Jun 16, 2022
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
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LOT 237:

MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL.
Nishmath Chaim ["The Breath of Life": On ...

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MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL.
Nishmath Chaim ["The Breath of Life": On the immortality of the soul].


FIRST EDITION.
Hebrew title within architectural arch. Without Latin title and dedication, lacking portrait (as most all copies). Hebrew marginalia in several hands. Formerly in the collection of the late Prof. Abraham J. Karp.
ff. (8), 174, (2). Dampstained, tear to ff. 66-7, portion of f. 97 replaced in facsimile, f. 98 scorched. Contemporary vellum, cracked and worn. 4to. Vinograd, Amsterdam 202; Mehlman 1211; Fuks, Amsterdam 190; Silva Rosa 59.


Amsterdam: Samuel Soeiro (Author's son) 1652

One of the anonymous glossarists takes issue several times over with the Lurianic kabbalistic belief that as punishment for various sins, human souls may be forced to transmigrate or reincarnate in animals or other life forms. (See the glosses on ff. 160 v., 161r., 162v., 168r., 172r).


For a complete copy of this work including the rare portrait of the author, see Kestenbaum Sale 57, lot 159.


הערה: הקטלוג העברית מיועד להנגיש את המכירה לציבור הישראלי הרחב. עם זאת, הטקסט בעברית עלול לחסר מידע חיוני על הפריט. על כל מציע לעיין בתיאור הפריט באנגלית לפני ההצעה. לא ניתן לבטל רכישה לאחר המכירה על סמך תיאור פריט שחיסר מידע בעברית.

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