Haim (Howard) Kreisel

Livyat Hen

 The Quality of Prophecy and the Secrets of the Torah by R. Levi ben Avraham (Heb.) critical annotated edition with introduction

 and edition of section of poem Battei ha-Nefesh ve-Lahashim

Beer-Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press , 2007.

(Goldstein-Goren Library of Jewish Thought, Vol. 7)

Introduction and part one of the sixth treatise of R. Levi’s encyclopedia. Topics discussed in a philosophic-allegorical manner include moral traits, prophecy, the revelation of the Torah, reasons for the commandments and the biblical stories involving the Patriarchs and Moses.

1023 pages (+ LXXX page introduction), including bibliography and indices.