Buy this book on-line Yagel, Abraham Ben Hananiah Dei Gallicci : A Valley of Vision: The Heavenly Journey of Abraham Ben Hananiah YagelUniv. Of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1990 ISBN 0812281683
365pp. Translated with and introduction and commentary by David B. Ruderman Yagel (1553-c.1624) , a physician, natural philosopher, and kabbalist, composed his Hebrew work, A Valley of Vision, in Italy at the end of the 16th century. It is an autobiographical account of the vicissitudes of the author's years as a Jewish loan-banker. It is also a description of a heavenly journey he is taken on by the soul of his recently deceased father, who visits his son while he is imprisoned in Mantua for debt. Finally, it is a series of theological and moral discussions based on the insights of Judaism, particularly the kabbalah as understood by Yagel and his Italian contemporaries, 8vo, Fine in Very Good DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Yagel, Abraham Ben Hananiah Dei Gallicci : A Valley of Vision: The Heavenly Journey of Abraham Ben Hananiah Yagel. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, livres illustrées, first editions, antiquarian books and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |