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The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book is an encyclopedic, bibliographic work describing books printed with Hebrew letters in that century. It records and describes the authors, publishers, and printers of Hebrew books, as well as the books themselves. Similar to the author’s other work, The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book, it covers the gamut of Hebrew literature, encompassing liturgical works, Bibles, commentaries, Talmud, Mishnah, halakhic codes, kabbalistic works, and fables. There are 691 entries comprised of a descriptive text page, background on the author, a description of the book’s contents and physical makeup, all of which are accompanied by reproductions of the title or sample pages. There is an extensive introduction with an overview of Hebrew printing in the seventeenth century, as well as detailed back matter. It is a necessary work for bibliographers, historians, and students of Jewish literature.
An Abridged Thesaurus
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The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book is an encyclopedic, bibliographic work describing books printed with Hebrew letters in that century. It records and describes the authors, publishers, and printers of Hebrew books, as well as the books themselves. Similar to the author’s other work, The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book, it covers the gamut of Hebrew literature, encompassing liturgical works, Bibles, commentaries, Talmud, Mishnah, halakhic codes, kabbalistic works, and fables. There are 691 entries comprised of a descriptive text page, background on the author, a description of the book’s contents and physical makeup, all of which are accompanied by reproductions of the title or sample pages. There is an extensive introduction with an overview of Hebrew printing in the seventeenth century, as well as detailed back matter. It is a necessary work for bibliographers, historians, and students of Jewish literature.
Complete Editions, Tractates, and Other Works and the Associated Presses from the Mid-17th Century through the 18th Century
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Printing the Talmud: Complete Editions, Tractates and Other Works, and the Associated Presses from the Mid-17th Century through the 18th Century is a profusely illustrated major work describing the complete editions of the Talmud printed from about 1650 to slightly after 1800. Apart from the intrinsic value of those editions, their publication was often contentious due to disputes, often bitter, between rival publishers, embroiling rabbis and communities throughout Europe. The cities and editions encompassed include Amsterdam, Frankfort am Main, Frankfurt on the Oder, Prague, and Sulzbach. This edition of Printing the Talmud addresses these editions as an opening to discuss the history of the subject presses, their other titles and their general context in Jewish history.
Complete Editions, Tractates, and Other Works and the Associated Presses from the Mid-17th Century through the 18th Century
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Printing the Talmud: Complete Editions, Tractates and Other Works, and the Associated Presses from the Mid-17th Century through the 18th Century is a profusely illustrated major work describing the complete editions of the Talmud printed from about 1650 to slightly after 1800. Apart from the intrinsic value of those editions, their publication was often contentious due to disputes, often bitter, between rival publishers, embroiling rabbis and communities throughout Europe. The cities and editions encompassed include Amsterdam, Frankfort am Main, Frankfurt on the Oder, Prague, and Sulzbach. This edition of Printing the Talmud addresses these editions as an opening to discuss the history of the subject presses, their other titles and their general context in Jewish history.
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This is the first chapter of the book titled The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book. It contains table of content, acknowledgments, list of abbreviations and introduction about the book. The book is a panegyric to the authors, publishers, and printers of Hebrew books, and the books themselves, in that century, for their works are more to be desired than gold, even very fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb, their voice is sweet, and their countenance is comely.
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This chapter discusses presents the text of so some Hebrew books and notes on each of them. The first is on Ammudei Shelo Novellae on the Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (Semag) of R.Moses ben Jacob of Coucy by R. Solomon ben Jehiel Luria edited and with annotations by R. Elijah ben Moses Ashkenazi Loanz of Worms. The Semag is an authoritative halakhic work built on an enumeration of the taryag mitzvot. It is organized in two sections: the first, the 365 negative, and the second, the 248 positive commandments, also encompassing rabbinic enactments. The next one is Heshek Shelomo and commentary on the book of Isaiah by R. Solomon ben Isaac le-Bet ha-Levi. This is the only edition of Heshek Shelomo. His responsa were not printed although they had been prepared at the time of his death.
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This bibliography contains ancient author names that occur in this book on The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book, which covers the gamut of Hebrew literature in that century. It commences with the alphabet A and ends with alphabet Z.
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This chapter presents an index of ancient author names that occur in this book on The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book that covers the gamut of Hebrew literature in that century. It commences with the alphabet A and ends with alphabet Z, with the names in alphabetical order.
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This list contains the titles sourced for this book The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book. This book records and describes the authors, publishers, and printers of Hebrew books, as well as the books themselves. There are 691 entries comprised of a descriptive text page, background on the author, a description of the books contents and physical makeup, all of which are accompanied by reproductions of the title or sample pages.
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This chapter discusses lists the places of publication of this volume The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book. The book covers the gamut of Hebrew literature, encompassing liturgical works, Bibles, commentaries, Talmud, Mishnah, halakhic codes, kabbalistic works, and fables. There are 691 entries comprised of a descriptive text page, background on the author, a description of the books contents and physical makeup, all of which are accompanied by reproductions of the title or sample pages.
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This index is a list of English titles cited for this volume The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book. The book covers the gamut of Hebrew literature, encompassing liturgical works, Bibles, commentaries, Talmud, Mishnah, halakhic codes, kabbalistic works, and fables. There are 691 entries comprised of a descriptive text page, background on the author, a description of the books contents and physical makeup, all of which are accompanied by reproductions of the title or sample pages.