Further studies in the making of the early Hebrew book

Further studies in the making of the early Hebrew book / by Marvin J. Heller.

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Further Studies in the Making of the Early Hebrew Book contains essays on aspects of the early Hebrew book most often treated in a cursory manner if addressed at all. The largest section of the volume is concerned with the makers and places of Hebrew books, mainly addressing book-makers poorly remem...

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Heller, Marvin J.
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Brill reference library of Judaism, v. 37
The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 37.
Physical Description:1 online resource (501 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1. Behold, You Are Beautiful, My Love: The Use of Ornamental Frames in Hebrew Incunabula
  • 2. Akedat Yitzhak (the Binding of Isaac) on the Title-Pages of Early Hebrew Books
  • 3. The Bear Motif on Seventeenth-Eighteenth Century Hebrew Books
  • 4. In a Time of Plague: The First Hebrew Press in Adrianople
  • 5. Abraham ha-Ger: A Proselyte Printer of Hebrew Books in Salonika
  • 6. Kaf Nahat and the First Hebrew Press in Izmir
  • 7. Often Overlooked: Hebrew Printing in Prostejov (Prossnitz)
  • 8. Clarifying the Obfuscation Surrounding the Reissue of Sefer ha-Kavvanot
  • 9. Hebrew Printing in Padua: Resumed, but Briefly
  • 10. A Tale of Two Cities: Leipzig, Hamburg, and Don Isaac Abrabanel
  • 11. Israel ben Abraham, His Hebrew Printing-Press in Wandsbeck, and the Books He Published
  • 12. He Should Be Called Sama’el: Michael Levi Rodkinson: The Life and Literary Career of a Jewish Scoundrel Revisited
  • 13. Deciphering the Talmud: The First English Edition of the Talmud Revisited. Michael Levi Rodkinson: His Translation of the Talmud, and the Ensuing Controversy
  • 14. Sixteen Leaves or Less: Small Hebrew Works of the Seventeenth Century
  • 15. Books Not Printed, Dreams Not Realized
  • 16. Sibling Rivalry: Simultaneous Editions of Hebrew Books
  • 17. Variations in and Between Early Hebrew Books
  • 18. Often Overlooked: Examples of Front Matter in Early Hebrew Books
  • 19. What’s in a Name? An Example of the Titling of Hebrew Books
  • 20. Who Can Discern His Errors? Misdates, Errors, and .Deceptions, in and about Hebrew Books, Intentional and Otherwise
  • 21. The Earliest Printings of the Talmud
  • 22. Halakhic Continuity or Change? Medieval Sephardic Practice at the Seder
  • 23. Purim Seforim as/with Mishlo’ah Manot? A Sixteenth-Century Case Study
  • Index.

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