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Ḥaye ha-nefesh

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Item data

Title

Ḥaye ha-nefesh

Names

Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, 1240-approximately 1292 (Author)
Mosheh ben Yaʻaḳov ben Mordekhai (Scribe)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1468

Library Location

Dorot Jewish Division
Shelf locator: **P (Ms. Heb. 190)

Subjects

Manuscripts, Hebrew
Cabala -- Early works to 1800
Jewish magic -- Early works to 1800

Genres

Manuscripts

Physical Description

Extent: 258 p. ; 27 cm

Abstract

Manuscript, on paper, in a Byzantine hand. Contains two works by Abraham Abulafia: Ḥaye ha-nefesh (p. 1-37) and Matsref ha-ḥokhmah (p. 37-57) and a work of magic in Judeo-Arabic titled Sefer ha-razim (p. 58-258). The scribe, Mosheh ben Yaʻaḳov ben Mordekhai, signed his name on pp. 37, 57, 195. Comments by Gershom Scholem on the ms. in Ḳiryat Sefer 10 (1933) p. 169. Formerly Sassoon Collection no. 56.

Languages

Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG05-B12444
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16142874
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 24.01.009
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 51988090-c738-0132-b02d-58d385a7b928

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Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "Ḥaye ha-nefesh" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1468. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51988090-c738-0132-b02d-58d385a7b928

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Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. (1468). Ḥaye ha-nefesh Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51988090-c738-0132-b02d-58d385a7b928

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Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "Ḥaye ha-nefesh" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51988090-c738-0132-b02d-58d385a7b928

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