Auction 103 Part 2 Early Printed Books | Sabbateanism and Crypto-Jews of Spain and Portugal | Chassidut and Kabbalah | Books Printed in Slavita and Jerusalem | Letters and Manuscripts
Anti-Sabbatean Work – Leiden, 1739 – Rare
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Wonderlyke Leevens-loop van Sabataï-Zevi, Valsche Messias der Jooden [The wondrous course of life of Shabtai Tzvi, false messiah of the Jews], by J. De Rie. Leiden: Cryn Visser, 1739. Dutch.
Sharp anti-Sabbatean work by an anonymous Christian author, written about 60 years after the death of Shabtai Tzvi. Details the life of Shabtai Tzvi and criticizes the Jews' blind faith in the false messiah, seeing it as a testimony to the superiority of Christianity.
[20], 122 pages. Approx. 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, marginal tears and minor defects. Uneven trimming. Bookplate. Leather binding; bound with old color paper wrapper.
Rare. Not in the NLI. Few copies in OCLC.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Sabbateanism
Sabbateanism