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Further Essays on the Making of the Early Hebrew Book
Series: - Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, Volume: 78
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Further Essays addresses aspects of early Hebrew book publication, among them book arts, little known authors, places of publication, and miscellaneous subjects. Book arts addresses pressmarks representing publishers motifs, several unusual, and the varied usage of biblical verses to entitle books. The second section focusses on the works of rabbis and scholars, once prominent but not well remembered today, noting their achievements and their varied books, encompassing such topics as biblical commentaries, Talmudic novellae, philosophy, and poetry. Several locations once important, also not well remembered today are addressed; Further Essays concludes with articles on other unrelated book topics.
Marvin J. Heller is an award-winning author of books and articles on early Hebrew printing and bibliography. Among his books are the Printing the Talmud series, The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book(s): An Abridged Thesaurus, and collections of articles.
Preface
List of Figures
Section Introductions
1 Rare and Unusual Motifs on Sixteenth-Century Hebrew Book Title-Pages
2 The Deer Motif on Early Hebrew Book Title-Pages
3 Zafenat Pane’ah: A Further Example in the Titling of Hebrew Books
4 Heshek Shelomo: Varied Heartfelt Books so Entitled
5 The Porto Family: Eminent Sages, Scholars, and Prolific Seventeenth-Century Authors
6 Abraham Menahem ben Jacob ha-Kohen Rapa mi-Porto (Rapaport) Ashkenazi: A Renaissance Rabbi of Interest
7 Jacob ben Samuel Bunim Koppelman: A Sixteenth-Century Multi-Faceted Jewish Scholar
8 The Albelda Family: Moses and Moses Jacob Albelda—Prominent, Eminent Scholars
9 Moses ben Baruch Almosnino: A Sixteenth-Century Multi-Faceted Sephardic Sage in Salonika
10 Judah Leib Pukhovitser: The Life and Ethical Works of a Kabbalist
11 Jacob Judah (Aryeh) de Leão Templo: A Converso Scholar, a Jewish Hakham
12 Jacob ben Elhanan Heilbronn: A Multi-Faceted Erudite Scholar
13 Solomon de Oliveyra: A Seventeenth-Century Sephardic Sage
14 Guadalajara: A Fifteenth-Century Hebrew Press of Distinction
15 Early Hebrew Printing in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
16 A Fleeting Moment, A Short-Lived Press: Hebrew Printing in Sixteenth-Century Fez
17 Hebrew Printing in Turka: Home to a Barely Remembered Hebrew Press
18 Tarnopol: A Short-Lived Early-Nineteenth-Century Hebrew Press
19 Hebrew Printing in Lissa (Leszno): A Brief (Perchance) Transitory Moment
20 Halberstadt: A Small but Significant Hebrew Press in a Saxon Community
21 For a Remembrance: Books so Entitled as a Remembrance for the Author
22 Sefer ha-Tappu’ah (Book of the Apple): Aristotle Expresses an Interest in Jewish Concepts
23 An Enigmatic Pseudo-Shklov Edition of Barukh Sheʾamar
24 Tzevi Hirsch of Nadworna’s Sefer Alpha Beta
25 Yalkut Reʾuveni: Abraham Reuben ben Hoeshke’s Popular Kabbalistic Midrashic Collection
26 R. Nathan Nata ben Reuben David Tebele Spira and His Works
Maʾamar Yayin ha-Meshummar, on the Prohibition against Drinking Stam Yeinam (Gentile Wine), and Contemporary Books on This Subject
Bibliography
Index
List of Figures
Section Introductions
Part 1 Hebrew Book Arts
1 Rare and Unusual Motifs on Sixteenth-Century Hebrew Book Title-Pages
2 The Deer Motif on Early Hebrew Book Title-Pages
3 Zafenat Pane’ah: A Further Example in the Titling of Hebrew Books
4 Heshek Shelomo: Varied Heartfelt Books so Entitled
Part 2 Makers of Hebrew Books
5 The Porto Family: Eminent Sages, Scholars, and Prolific Seventeenth-Century Authors
6 Abraham Menahem ben Jacob ha-Kohen Rapa mi-Porto (Rapaport) Ashkenazi: A Renaissance Rabbi of Interest
7 Jacob ben Samuel Bunim Koppelman: A Sixteenth-Century Multi-Faceted Jewish Scholar
8 The Albelda Family: Moses and Moses Jacob Albelda—Prominent, Eminent Scholars
9 Moses ben Baruch Almosnino: A Sixteenth-Century Multi-Faceted Sephardic Sage in Salonika
10 Judah Leib Pukhovitser: The Life and Ethical Works of a Kabbalist
11 Jacob Judah (Aryeh) de Leão Templo: A Converso Scholar, a Jewish Hakham
12 Jacob ben Elhanan Heilbronn: A Multi-Faceted Erudite Scholar
13 Solomon de Oliveyra: A Seventeenth-Century Sephardic Sage
Part 3 Places of Hebrew Books
14 Guadalajara: A Fifteenth-Century Hebrew Press of Distinction
15 Early Hebrew Printing in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
16 A Fleeting Moment, A Short-Lived Press: Hebrew Printing in Sixteenth-Century Fez
17 Hebrew Printing in Turka: Home to a Barely Remembered Hebrew Press
18 Tarnopol: A Short-Lived Early-Nineteenth-Century Hebrew Press
19 Hebrew Printing in Lissa (Leszno): A Brief (Perchance) Transitory Moment
20 Halberstadt: A Small but Significant Hebrew Press in a Saxon Community
Part 4 Book Varia
21 For a Remembrance: Books so Entitled as a Remembrance for the Author
22 Sefer ha-Tappu’ah (Book of the Apple): Aristotle Expresses an Interest in Jewish Concepts
23 An Enigmatic Pseudo-Shklov Edition of Barukh Sheʾamar
24 Tzevi Hirsch of Nadworna’s Sefer Alpha Beta
25 Yalkut Reʾuveni: Abraham Reuben ben Hoeshke’s Popular Kabbalistic Midrashic Collection
26 R. Nathan Nata ben Reuben David Tebele Spira and His Works
Maʾamar Yayin ha-Meshummar, on the Prohibition against Drinking Stam Yeinam (Gentile Wine), and Contemporary Books on This Subject
Bibliography
Index
Further Essays is intended for individuals interested in bibliography, Hebrew printed book history, and Jewish history and culture.