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First Jewish play ever published! Asirei Hatikvah. Amsterdam, 1673 Pardes Shoshanim –

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First Jewish play ever published!
Asirei Hatikvah. Amsterdam, 1673

Pardes Shoshanim – Asirei Tikvah.

This 3-scene play by Rabbi 
Yosef Pinso conveys Jewish ethics and philosophy through 
poetic dialogue. Asirei Hatikvah was the first Hebrew play published (A. Yaari. Hamachazeh HaIvri, Jerusalem 1957 p. 104).

The characters in this play 
include a king and a fool; the Satan; Pleasure; Truth; and its purpose is to 
distance a man from his heart’s negative desires.

The beginning of the book 
features numerous poems both in Hebrew and Spanish by Amsterdam Rabbanim and 
poets, among them Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav; Rabbi Avraham Hakohein Pimintel; Rabbi 
Shlomo de Olviera, and others.

Book complete, contains all pages 
in Portuguese, Spanish and Latin.

Amsterdam, 1673. First edition. [2], 54 leaves.
Page size: 14.5 cm. 6 first leaves are slightly 
shorter than other leaves. Title page margin lightly restored.
Good condition; 
new half-leather binding.
Rare!

Provenance: William Gross Collection, Tel aviv


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First Jewish play ever published! Asirei Hatikvah. Amsterdam, 1673 Pardes Shoshanim –

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First Jewish play ever published!
Asirei Hatikvah. Amsterdam, 1673

Pardes Shoshanim – Asirei Tikvah.

This 3-scene play by Rabbi 
Yosef Pinso conveys Jewish ethics and philosophy through 
poetic dialogue. Asirei Hatikvah was the first Hebrew play published (A. Yaari. Hamachazeh HaIvri, Jerusalem 1957 p. 104).

The characters in this play 
include a king and a fool; the Satan; Pleasure; Truth; and its purpose is to 
distance a man from his heart’s negative desires.

The beginning of the book 
features numerous poems both in Hebrew and Spanish by Amsterdam Rabbanim and 
poets, among them Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav; Rabbi Avraham Hakohein Pimintel; Rabbi 
Shlomo de Olviera, and others.

Book complete, contains all pages 
in Portuguese, Spanish and Latin.

Amsterdam, 1673. First edition. [2], 54 leaves.
Page size: 14.5 cm. 6 first leaves are slightly 
shorter than other leaves. Title page margin lightly restored.
Good condition; 
new half-leather binding.
Rare!

Provenance: William Gross Collection, Tel aviv


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First Jewish play ever published!
Asirei Hatikvah. Amsterdam, 1673

Pardes Shoshanim – Asirei Tikvah.

This 3-scene play by Rabbi 
Yosef Pinso conveys Jewish ethics and philosophy through 
poetic dialogue. Asirei Hatikvah was the first Hebrew play published (A. Yaari. Hamachazeh HaIvri, Jerusalem 1957 p. 104).

The characters in this play 
include a king and a fool; the Satan; Pleasure; Truth; and its purpose is to 
distance a man from his heart’s negative desires.

The beginning of the book 
features numerous poems both in Hebrew and Spanish by Amsterdam Rabbanim and 
poets, among them Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav; Rabbi Avraham Hakohein Pimintel; Rabbi 
Shlomo de Olviera, and others.

Book complete, contains all pages 
in Portuguese, Spanish and Latin.

Amsterdam, 1673. First edition. [2], 54 leaves.
Page size: 14.5 cm. 6 first leaves are slightly 
shorter than other leaves. Title page margin lightly restored.
Good condition; 
new half-leather binding.
Rare!

Provenance: William Gross Collection, Tel aviv


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