The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book: An Abridged Thesaurus (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies)

✍ Scribed by Marvin J. Heller

Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 1100
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book is a bibliographic work describing books printed with Hebrew letters in that century, covering the gamut of Hebrew literature, encompassing liturgical works, Bibles, commentaries, Talmud, Mishnah, halakhic codes, kabbalistic works, fables, and belles-lettres. Each of the 455 entries has a descriptive text page comprised of background on the author, a description of the book’s contents and physical makeup, and is accompanied by a reproduction of the title or a sample page. There is an extensive introduction with an overview of Hebrew printing and a discussion of aspects of the Hebrew book in the sixteenth century, as well as detailed back matter. It is a necessary work for bibliographers, historians, and students of Jewish literature.

✦ Table of Contents

VOLUME ONE THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY HEBREW BOOK: An Abridged Thesaurus......Page 4
Copyright page......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
TEXTS......Page 56
VOLUME TWO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY HEBREW BOOK: An Abridged Thesaurus......Page 562
Copyright page......Page 563
Contents......Page 564
Texts......Page 566
Listing of Titles—Chronological......Page 975
Places of Publication......Page 985
English......Page 989
Hebrew......Page 999
Listing of Authors......Page 1007
Sources......Page 1015
Bibliography......Page 1049
Index......Page 1061

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