Printing the Talmud
A History of the Individual Treatises Printed from 1700 to 1750
Published on 23. February 1999
Book
Hardback
XIV, 390 pages
978-90-04-11293-3 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the 1999 Association of Jewish Libraries Research and Special Libraries Division Award for Bibliographies.
A scholarly study of the individual Talmudic tractates published in the first half of the eighteenth century. It describes more than one hundred Talmudic treatises that were not part of a complete Talmud and discusses their printers and the associated rabbis. The circumstances surrounding the publication of several treatises reflect the turbulence of Jewish history. The subject matter encompasses the activities of many small Hebrew print-shops in Central Europe, as well as major centers such as Amsterdam.
More than one hundred and twenty-five reproductions of title and representative pages, many not previously reproduced, are included. The book, the only complete study on the subject in any language, addresses a lacuna in Hebrew history and bibliography. It is an important contribution to Hebrew bibliography and Jewish history.
A scholarly study of the individual Talmudic tractates published in the first half of the eighteenth century. It describes more than one hundred Talmudic treatises that were not part of a complete Talmud and discusses their printers and the associated rabbis. The circumstances surrounding the publication of several treatises reflect the turbulence of Jewish history. The subject matter encompasses the activities of many small Hebrew print-shops in Central Europe, as well as major centers such as Amsterdam.
More than one hundred and twenty-five reproductions of title and representative pages, many not previously reproduced, are included. The book, the only complete study on the subject in any language, addresses a lacuna in Hebrew history and bibliography. It is an important contribution to Hebrew bibliography and Jewish history.
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Winner of "The 1999 Bibliography Award from the Research and Special Libraries Division of the Association of Jewish Libraries".More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth
With dust jacket
Illustrations
117 Abb.
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1379 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-11293-3 (9789004112933)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Marvin J. Heller is the author of Printing the Talmud: A History of the Earliest Printed Editions of the Talmud (Brooklyn, 1992), and numerous articles on Hebrew bibliography and printing.