Eshel Avraham

by Mordachai ben Judah Leib Ashkenazi, Abraham ben Michael

$1,250 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

Fulda: 1701. Hardcover. 4to. 185 leaves. Black cloth. Red edges. Illustrated title-page with Moses and Aaron on the sides and David killing Goliath at the bottom. Commentary on selections of the Zohar and other kabbalistic texts by Mordacai Ashkenazi published with the aid of his teacher Abraham Rovigo. These two kabbalists were both secret followers of the messianic claimant Sabbatai Sevi. Despite Sabbatai's conversion to Islam in 1666 and death in 1676, many of his followers continued to

• Binding: Hardcover

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