Printing the Talmud : complete editions, tractates, and other works and the associated presses from the mid-17th century through the 18th century / by Marvin J. Heller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heller, Marvin J., author.

Series:

Brill's Series in Jewish Studies 62.

Brill's series in Jewish studies, 0926-2261 ; volume 62

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Talmud--Bibliography.

Talmud.

Talmud--Publication and distribution--History--17th century.

Talmud--Publication and distribution--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 paages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Babylonian Talmud

Amsterdam—Benveniste Talmud: Preparatory Phase

Amsterdam: Benveniste Talmud

Frankfurt on the Oder—First Edition: Background

Frankfurt on the Oder: The Talmud

Amsterdam: The Incomplete Edition

Berlin and Frankfurt on the Oder

Frankfurt on the Main: 1720–1722

Prague—The Censored Edition: Background

Prague: Berakhot—1728; Talmud—1830–1835

Amsterdam—Proops Talmud: 1752–1765

Sulzbach Editions: Red (1755–1763) and Black (1766–1770)

Metz: Two-Amud Tractates

Vienna

Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki

Dyhernfurth: Early Tractates

Dyhernfurth: Talmud Editions

The Jerusalem Talmud

Amsterdam: Seder Nashim with Commentaries

Livorno: Seder Nezikin with Commentaries

Other Editions of the Jerusalem Talmud

Minor Tractates and Translations

Massekhtot Ketanot (Minor Tractates)

Christian-Hebraists: The Talmud (Mishnah) in Translation

William Wotton and His Translation of Shabbat and Eruvin

Back Matter

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-37673-9

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004376731 DOI