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History of the Early Printed Hebrew Book

General Texts in Hebrew Bibliography

  • Baruchson-Arbib Shifra and Gila Prebor“Sefer Ha-Ziquq (An Index of Forbidden Hebrew Books) -The Book's use and it's influence on Hebrew Printing,” La Bibliofilia 109.1 (2007) 3-31
    Van Pelt Library. Z1007 .B56

  • Baruchson, Zipporah
    “In search of the Lost Books of the 15th-16th Centuries,” [Hebrew] Alei Sefer 16 (1990) 37-58
    Katz Center – Periodicals Gallery. Z228.H4 A57
    Van Pelt Library. Z228.H4 A57

  • Ben Menahem, Naftali
    “The Early Editions of the Shulhan Arukh,” [Hebrew] pp. 101-120 in,   רבי יוסף קארו : עיונים ומחקרים במשנת מרן בעל ה״שלחן ערוך״   = Rabbi Yosef Karo:  Inquiries and Studies in the teachings of Maran, the author of Shulhan Arukh (Jerusalem :  Mossad Harav Kook, 1969) ed. Yitzhak Raphael
    Katz Center - Stacks. BM520.88 .R3 1969
    Van Pelt Library. BM520.88 .R3

  • Berlin, Charles, ed.
    Hebrew printing and bibliography
    New York : New York Public Library : Ktav, 1976
    Katz Center – Reference Room. Z228.H4 H43 1976

  • Brisman, Shimeon
    A history and guide to Judaic bibliography
    Cincinnati : Hebrew Union College Press, 1977
    Katz Center – Reference Room. Z6366 .B8

  • Habermann, Abraham Meir
    פרקים בתולדות המדפסים העברים ועניני ספרים = Studies in the history of Hebrew printers and books
    Jerusalem : R. Mas, 738, 1978
    Katz Center – Reference Room. Z228.H4 H19 1978
    Katz Center – Stacks. Z228.H4 H19 1978
    Van Pelt Library. Z228.H4 H19

  • Habermann, Abraham Meir
    הספר העברי בהתפתחותו : מסימנים לאותיות וממגילה לספר = History of the Hebrew book
    Jerusalem : R. Mas,1968
    Katz Center – Reference Room. Z240 .H33 1968

  • Hacker, Joseph R. and Adam Shear, edd.
    The Hebrew book in early modern Italy
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011
    Katz Center – Stacks. Z228.H4 H425 2011
    Van Pelt Library. Z228.H4 H425 2011
    http://site.ebrary.com/lib/upenn/docDetail.action?docID=10642680
    http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780812205091

  • Harris Constance
    "The Sixteenth Century:  Let There Be Books," pp. 40-78 in, The Way Jews Lived: Five Hundred Years of Printed Words and Images (Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, 2009)
    Fine Arts Library. N7415 .H36 2009
    https://books.google.com/books?id=f7ZXXhkkq7EC&pg=PA56&dq=Bragadin+hebrew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1uJ-E0YvMAhWFyj4KHUM_AJc4ChDoAQgoMAI#v=onepage&q=Bragadin%20hebrew&f=false

  • Heller, Marvin J.
    The sixteenth century Hebrew book : an abridged thesaurus, 2 volumes
    Leiden; Boston : Brill, 2004
    Katz Center – Reference Folio. Z228.H4 H45 2004
    Van Pelt Library. Z228.H4 H45 2004

  • Heller, Marvin J.
    The seventeenth century Hebrew book : an abridged thesaurus, 2 volumes
    Leiden; Boston : Brill, 2010
    Katz Center – Reference Folio. Z228.H4 H449 2010
    Van Pelt Library. Z228.H4 H449 2010

  • Heller, Marvin J.
    Studies in the making of the early Hebrew book
    Leiden; Boston : Brill, 2008
    Katz Center – Stacks. Z228.H4 H46 2008
    Van Pelt Library. Z228.H4 H46 2008

  • Heller, Marvin J.
    Further studies in the making of the early Hebrew book
    Leiden: Brill, 2013
    Katz Center – Stacks. Z228.H4 H442 2013
    Van Pelt Library. Z228.H4 H442 2013

  • Heller, Marvin
    “Unicums, fragments and other Hebrew book rarities,” Judaica Librarianship 18 (2014) 130-153
    http://ajlpublishing.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1036&context=jl

  • Hill, Brad Sabin
    “A Century of Hebraica at the Library of Congress,” Jewish Quarterly Review 106 (2016) 101-129
    Katz Center - Periodicals Gallery. DS101 .J48

  • Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem
    Panorama of Ancient Letters:  Four and a Half Centuries of Hebraica and Judaica.  Bibliographical notes and descriptions of 1,000 rare books and manuscripts
    New York [Prepared and photo-offset by Academy Photo Offset] 1942
    Katz Center - Reference Room. Z7070 .K28 1942
    Katz Center - Stacks. Z7070 .K28 1942
    Van Pelt Library. Z7070 .K28 1942

  • Manfred R. Lehmann Memorial Master Workshop in the History of the Jewish Book
    DVD’s in Katz Center – Librarian’s Office 2003

    • Glatzer, Mordechai, “Early Hebrew printing” 2004
    • Glatzer, Mordechai, “Hebrew printing, 1470-1570” 2006
    • Berger, Shlomo, “The early Yiddish book”
    • Hacker, Joseph, “Chapters in the early history of Hebrew printing in the Ottoman empire” 2008
    • Schmelzer, Menachem, “From manuscript to print : reading colophons, title pages, and other paratexts” 2009
    • Rosman, Moshe, “The traditional eastern European Jewish book, 1500-1900” 2010
    • Schrijver, Emile G.L., “The Jewish book in and around Amsterdam” 2011,
    • Lakerson, Shimon, “Collectors and collections : Hebrew manuscripts and incunabula in Russia”

       

  • Margaliot, Reuven
    “The First Edition of the Shulhan Arukh,” [Hebrew] pp. 89-100 in,  רבי יוסף קארו : עיונים ומחקרים במשנת מרן בעל ה״שלחן ערוך״       = Rabbi Yosef Karo:  Inquiries and Studies in the teachings of Maran, the author of Shulhan Arukh (Jerusalem :  Mossad Harav Kook, 1969) ed. Yitzhak Raphael
    Katz Center - Stacks. BM520.88 .R3 1969
    Van Pelt Library. BM520.88 .R3

  • Marx, Alexander
    Studies in Jewish history and booklore
    New York, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 5704-1944
    Katz Center – Stacks. BM45 .M379 1944
    Katz Center – Hurowitz Collection. BM45 .M379 1944

  • Marx, Moses
    History and annals of Hebrew printing [1501-1600] , 13 reels
    Cincinnati : Library, Hebrew Union College, 1989
    Katz Center – Microfilm. Z124.A2 M37 1989

  • Pollak, Michael
    "The invention of printing in Hebrew lore," Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (1977) 22-28
    Van Pelt Library. Z1008 .G98
    http://www.digizeitschriften.de/dms/resolveppn/?PID=PPN366382810_1977%7Clog12

  • Posner, Raphael and Israel Ta-Shema
    The Hebrew book : an historical survey
    New York : L. Amiel ; Jerusalem : Keter Pub. House, 1975
    Katz Center - Reference Folio. Z228.H4 H4 1975
    Katz Center - Stacks Folio. Z228.H4 H4 1975
    Van Pelt Library. Z228.H4 H4

  • Prebor, Gila
    "Sefer HaZiquq" as a Source for Hebrew Bibliography," [Hebrew] Alei Sefer 23 (2011) 63-80
    Katz Center – Periodicals Gallery. Z228.H4 A57
    Van Pelt Library. Z228.H4 A57

  • Schmelzer, Menahem
    "The aims of Hebrew bibliography in historical perspective," pp. 143-149 in, Threescore and Ten; Essays in Honor of Rabbi Seymour J. Cohen (Hoboken, NJ: Ktav, 1991) edd. Abraham J. Karp et al.
    Katz Center - Stacks. BM42 .T47 1991

  • Schmelzer, Menahem H., ed.
    Bibliographical studies and notes on rare books and manuscripts in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.  Alexander Marx
    New York : Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1977
    Katz Center – Reference Room. Z7070 .M34 1977
    Katz Center – Stacks. Z7070 .M34 1977

  • Schrijver, Emile G.L.
    “New Dimensions of Hebrew Bibliography,” [important review article] Studia Rosenthaliana 31 (1997) 175-182
    Katz Center – Stacks. DS135.N4 S8
    Van Pelt Library. DS135.N4 S8
    http://www.jstor.org/stable/41482360?seq=1#fndtn-page_scan_tab_contents

  • Sonne, Isaiah
    “Journeys through History and Bibliography,” [Hebrew] pp. 209-235 in, Alexander Marx Jubilee Volume on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday.  Hebrew Section (New York :  Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1950) ed. Saul Lieberman
    Katz Center - Stacks. BM42.M379 L5432 1950
    Van Pelt - Judaica/Ancient Near East Resource Room (401). BM40 .J54 1950

  • Steinschneider, Moritz
    “Jüdische Typographie und Jüdischer Buchhandel,” pp. 21-94 in sect. 2, vol. 28 of, Allgemeine Encyklopaedie der Wissenschaften und Kunste (Leipzig:  F.A. Brockhaus, 1851) edd. Johann Samuel Ersch and Johann Gottfried Gruber
    Available online at   http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/toc/?PPN=PPN362307695  

  • Tamari, Ittai Joseph
    “Notes on the Printing in Hebrew Typefaces from the 15th to 19th Centuries,” pp. 33-52 in, Middle Eastern Languages and the Print Revolution: A Cross-Cultural Encounter (Westhoven:  WVA Verlag Skulima, 2002) edd. Eva Hanebutt-Benz, Dagmar Glass and Geoffrey Roper
    Van Pelt Library. Z126 .M53 2002

  • Vinograd, Yeshayahu
    “Hebrew Printing in the Years of ‘Shin’ 1540-1640,” [Hebrew] Alei Sefer 15 (1989) 129-32
    Katz Center – Periodicals Gallery. Z228.H4 A57
    Van Pelt Library. Z228.H4 A57
    http://www.jstor.org/stable/24158779?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

  • Zafren, Herbert C.
    "Was Gutenberg Jewish? and Other Conundrums: Exploring The Margins of Judaica Bibliography," Judaica Librarianship 11 (2003) 28-55
    http://ajlpublishing.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1116&context=jl

  • Zwiep, Irene E., Emile G.L. Schrijver and Frits J. Hoogewoud, edd.
    Omnia in Eo:  Studies on Jewish Books and Libraries in Honour of Adri Offenberg, Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana in Amsterdam = Studia Rosenthaliana 38/9 (2006)
    Katz Center – Stacks. DS135.N4 S8
    Van Pelt Library. DS135.N4 S8
    http://www.jstor.org/stable/i40072265

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