Sefer Shaar Ora Sharey Orah

Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham, 1248- c.1325 Gikatillia Yosef Yoseph. Delacrut, Mattathias (Mattathiah) ben Solomon,; active 16th century. Commentary by. Elijah ha-Levi, of Frankfurt, Notes by. Benjamin b. Elijah ha-levi, edited by

Verlag: Zeligman Reis (Raiz, Rais), Offenbach, Germany, 1715

Beschreibung

In Hebrew. 232 pages. 205 x 160 mm. Shaar Ora, a work roughly contemporaneous with the publication of the Zohar, was written by the Spanish kabbalist Joseph Gikatilla towards the end of the 13th century. It has served countless generations of aspiring students as a systematic primer guide of Kabbalah, to the systematic study of the Sefiroth (Divine emanations) and their code names, with Malchuth (Kingdom) as the primary, and Keter (Crown) as the final Sefirah. It is an exposition of Kabbalistic symbolism and the designations of the Sephorith. Joseph Gikatilla (Chiquatilla) (1248- c.1325) was a disciple of the founder of the school of "Prophetic kabbalah," Abraham Abulafia, and a close colleague of Moses de Leon of Guadalajara (who publicized the Zohar). Gikatilla composed some of the most detailed, yet lucid, expositions of Kabblistic concepts. Indeed R. Chaim of Volozhin recommended it to his students as an important introduction to the arcane wisdom of Kabbalah. Gikatilla was the originator of the doctrine equating the infinite Ein Sof with the first of the Ten Sephiroth. Vinograd THESAURUS v. 2, page 10, Offenbach imprint number 13 (kabala). Very good modern full leather binding with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Remains of old marbled paper on the earlier binding are bound in. 116 leaves. Scan of the wrappers and of the leather boards is available upon request. This second edition is apparently much rarer than the first edition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005953

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Sefer Shaar Ora Sharey Orah

Verlag: Zeligman Reis (Raiz, Rais), Offenbach, Germany

Erscheinungsdatum: 1715

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 2nd Edition