Ammudei Shesh, Lvov 1785
עמודי שש - Kabbalah
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- Lot Number 50137
- Title (English) Ammudei Shesh
- Title (Hebrew) עמודי שש
- Note Kabbalah
- Author Various
- City Ammudei Shesh
- Publisher דפוס חיים דוד בן אהרן סג"ל
- Publication Date 1785
- Estimated Price - Low 500
- Estimated Price - High 1,000
- Item # 1603980
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Physical Description
40 ff., quarto, 195:150 mm., wide margins, light age and damp staining. A good copy bound in later boards, rubbed and split.
Detail Description
Compendium of six small independent works, following the first edition, Arzei Levanon “sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb” (Psalms 19:11). The verso of the title page has verses in praise of the work. The contents, specified on the title page, are:
Midrash Konen (2a-6b), based on the verse, “by understanding has he established (konen) the heavens” (Proverbs 3:19). The text addresses the origin of the world, the heavens, paradise, and hell; Ha-Emunah ve-ha-Bittahon (7a-32b), located among the treasures
of R. Simeon Romano. This kabbalistic work has generally been attributed to R. Moses ben Nahman (Ramban, 1194–1270) and is so described on the title page. Nevertheless, it is now believed to have been written by R. Jacob ben Sheshet Gerondi (13th century).
The text is accompanied by diagrams; Sefer ha-Nikud (33a-40a), a mystical explanation of the vocalization of Hebrew letters by the Spanish kabbalist R. Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla (1248-c. 1325); Sod ha-Hashmal (40b-42a) on the vision of Ezekiel, also by
Gikatilla; Pirkei Heikhalot of R. Ishma’el Kohen Gadol (42b-46a), on Merkavah mysticism and angeology by R. Ishma’el Kohen Gagol.. The text is accompanied by several diagrams; Ma’ayin ha-Hokhmah (46b-47a), attributed to R. Jacob ben Sheshet Gerondi. This title
differs from several other works with the same name; Klalei Midrash Rabbah (48a-50a), abridged form of the methodological treatise on the Midrash Rabbah by R. Abraham ben Solomon ibn Akra. In addition, le-yirei HaShem u-le-Hoshvei Shemo (Malachi 3:16), on
the names of the Lord, appears on 47b. The text is in a tw0 columns in rabbinic type, excepting headers and initial words.
Hebrew Description
התוכן: האמונה והבטחון: דף ב-כה,א. ספר הנקוד (שער הנקוד): דף כב-לא,א. סוד החשמל: דף לא-לב. פרקי היכלות: דף לג-לו,א. מעין חכמה: דף לו. מדרש כונן: דף לז-מ
על פי "ארזי לבנון", ויניציאה שס"א. עם הקטע "ליראי ה’ ולחושבי שמו" (מעבר לשער). נשמטו שירו של ר’ יהודה אריה ממודינה ו"כללי מדרש רבה" שנדפסו ב"ארזי לבנון".
ספר האמונה והבטחון אינו לרמב"ן, אלא לר’ יעקב בן ששת.
על האמונה והבטחון, ספר הניקוד, סוד החשמל ומעיין החכמה, שנדפסו אותה שנה גם בקארעץ, עיין: אריה טויבר, מחקרים ביבליוגרפיים, ירושלים תרצ"ב, עמ’ 27.
Reference
Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000155890; Heller, 17th Cent. Book; Heller, “Mars and Minerva on the Hebrew Title Page,” The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 98:3 (New York, September, 2004), pp. 281-84.