The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book : An Abridged Thesaurus

1597 Pages·2010·166.95 MB·English

by  Marvin J. Heller

The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book
volume one
Brill’s Series in
Jewish Studies
GeneralEditor
David S. Katz(TelAviv)
AdvisoryEditors
Stuart Cohen(Bar-Ilan)
Anthony T. Grafton(Princeton)
Yosef Kaplan(Jerusalem)
Fergus Millar(Oxford)
VOLUME41/1
The Seventeenth Century
Hebrew Book
An Abridged Thesaurus
by
Marvin J. Heller
VolumeOne
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2011
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Contents
VOLUMEONE
Acknowledgments............................................................................ ix
Abbreviations ................................................................................. xi
Introduction .................................................................................. xiii
Texts........................................................................................... 1
VOLUMETWO
Texts(continued).............................................................................. 810
Listings........................................................................................ 1385
ListingofTitles—Chronological .......................................................... 1385
PlacesofPublication.................................................................... 1399
English................................................................................... 1403
Hebrew .................................................................................. 1417
ListingofAuthors.......................................................................... 1429
TitleListingofSixteenthCenturyBooks ................................................. 1443
Sources........................................................................................ 1453
Bibliography .................................................................................. 1495
Index .......................................................................................... 1507
vii

Acknowledgments
It would not have been possible to write The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book without con-
siderable assistance. The reader will note considerable repetition in the names of individuals
mentionedintheacknowledgmentsofmybooks.Oneofthemanypleasuresinwritingthisand
mypreviousbookshasbeenthecontinuouscontactandinteractionwithsomanyfineindividu-
als.Whileitisnotpossibletomentioneveryone,thefollowingisalistofmanyoftheindividuals
andinstitutionstowhomIoweasignificantdebtofgratitude.
Thelibraries,librarians,andotherindividualswhoprovidedsupportaretheLibraryofAgu-
das Chassidei Chabad Ohel Yosef Yitzhak Lubavitch—R. Shalom Ber Levine, Head Librarian,
R. Yitzhak Wilhelm and Efrayim Keller, Librarians; Bobst Library, New York University—Mr.
Marvin Taylor, Fales Librarian and Mr. Mike Kelley, Assistant Fales Librarian; The Library of
the Jewish Theological Seminary—Rabbi Jerry Schwarzbard, the Henry R. and Miriam Ripps
Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections, Mr. David Wachtel, Senior Research Assistant,
Special Collections, and Ms. Sharon Liberman Mintz, Curator of Jewish Art; University of
Pennsylvania—Dr.ArthurKiron,CuratorofJudaicaCollectionsandDr.SethJerchower,CAJS
PublicServicesandJudaicResearchandInstructionalServicesLibrarian;KlauLibrary,Hebrew
Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, New York—Dr. Philip Miller, Librarian, and Ms.
TinaWeiss;NewYorkPublicLibrary—Dr.MichaelTerry,DorotChiefLibrarian;Valmadonna
TrustLibrary—Mr.JackLunzer,Custodian,andMrs.PaulineMalkielandMrs.LaurelNygate,
Librarians;TheYIVOInstituteforJewishResearch,StrashunCollection,Ms.AvivaE.Astrinsky,
HeadLibrarian;theBodleianLibrary,theBritishLibrary,theUniversitätsbibliothekFrankfurt
amMain,andtheSocietyforthePreservationofHebrewBooks.Severalofthelibrariansmen-
tionedherehavesinceacceptedpositionselsewhere.Nevertheless,thelibrariansarementioned
withtheinstitutionswithwhichtheywereassociatedatthetimethattheyassistedme.
Assistance at libraries was provided by Mr. Dan Rabinowitz at the Library of Congress
and Dr. Isaac Ron and my son-in-law R. Moses Tepfer at the Jewish National and University
Library. Several private collectors have also made their collections available to me, namely,
R. Eli Amsel of Virtual Judaica, Mr. Alfred Hershi Eidlisz, R. Yitzhok Feldheim, R. Yecheskel
Goldman,Mr.J.GreensteinofGreenstein&Co.,Mr.HananiaHimy,R.ShimonHook,R.Shalom
Jacob,Mr.DanielKestenbaumofKestenbaum&Co.,Dr.AlfredMoldovan,andDr.Benjamin
Ogorik.
Severalofthelibrariansnotonlyprovidedconsiderablematerialbutwentoutoftheirwayto
beofassistance.AsnotedinTheSixteenthCenturyHebrewBook,aspecialnoteofgratitudeisdue
toMr.JackLunzer,CustodianoftheValmadonnaTrustLibrary,theforemostcollectorofrare
Hebraicatoday.NotonlyisMr.LunzerwellknownforhissupportofJewishscholarship,making
his extensive library available to researchers, but he personally reaches out and encourages
Jewishscholarship,towhichIcanreadilytestifyandfromwhichIhavebenefited.Mr.Lunzer
provided me with a list of his holdings in the subject period, a list that can only be described
asremarkable,andofferedcopiesofwhateverwasneededforthisbook.Thanksarealsodueto
his able assistants, Mrs. Pauline Malkiel and Mrs. Laurel Nygate, who were always unfailingly
helpful.
R. Eli Amsel of Virtual Judaica, the premier Judaica Internet auction house, provided a
considerable number of rare books. Of greater importance was R. Amsel’s friendship and
availabilitytodiscussthosebooks.HiseruditioninthefieldofearlyHebrewprintingisreflected
throughout this work. R. Yitzhak Wilhelm, whose assistance and discussions with me on The
SixteenthCenturyHebrewBookweregreatlyappreciated,alsoablyassistedwiththiswork,again
makingitamuchricherworkthanwouldotherwisebethecase.AnewsourceofrareHebrew
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acknowledgments
booksistheSociety forthePreservationofHebrewBooks. Thisremarkableprojectismaking
a contribution to the Jewish community by providing access to a Hebrew library in a manner
neverundertakenbefore.
Ithasonceagainbeenapleasuretoworkwiththestaffofmypublisher,E.J.Brill(BrillAca-
demicPublishers).Asinthepast,everyonewhomIhavedealtwithhasbeenbothprofessional
andpersonable.TheindividualswhomIhadthegoodfortunetoworkwithwereMichielKlein
Swormink,AcquisitionsEditor;JenniferPavelko,AcquisitionsEditorforJewishStudies;Katelyn
Chin,AssistantEditor;andMariaRosaAlcaraz-Pinsach,ProductionEditor.
Iampleased,yetagain,toacknowledgetheAdmorofStretin,RabbiAaronYacovBrandwein
(cid:5)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:6)(cid:7)(cid:8)(cid:9). Hissagacious advice and guidancewas again frequently sought on both personal and
bibliographicalissues.
Mr. Joseph I. Lauer, the editor, indefatigable, once again reviewed the text as a legal brief,
againassiduouslyremoving“thornsandthistles.”Ibecamewearyofhisredinkbutmustadmit
that he has saved me from much embarrassment and that the book is far better than would
otherwise have been the case. Nevertheless, being obstinate, perhaps even obdurate, not all of
hissuggestionswerefollowed;therefore,anyerrorsthatremainaresolelymyresponsibilitybut
“Who can discern his errors?” (Psalm :). Leslie Rubin prepared the index, and I am also
deeplyindebttoherforerrorscaughtandsuggestionsmadeafterherreviewofthematerial.
Myfamily—mywife,Shoshanah(Reizel),ourchildrenandtheirspouses,MichalGitteland
Yehudah,HayyimAvigdorandKarina,R.MordecaiJa’irandBrachaLeah,MeirLeibandRachel
Leah,andHannahEtaRachelandMosheShemuel,andtheirchildrenhavelivedthroughallof
this.Withouttheirpatienceandtolerance,neitherthisbooknorthepreviousoneswouldhave
beenwritten.
A final note: biblical translations are primarily from The Judaic Classics Library, Davka
Corporation,andlessoftenfromtheStoneEditionTanach,ArtScrollSeries.InrareinstancesI
havehadthetemeritytomodifythetranslationsasIfeltwasappropriateincontext.Talmudic
translationsaregenerallyfromtheSchottensteinEditionoftheBabylonianTalmud(ArtScroll).
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