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The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book: An Abridged Thesaurus (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies)
The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book An Abridged Thesaurus - Brill's Series in Jewish Studies Author:Marvin J. Heller "The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book" is a bibliographic work describing books printed with Hebrew letters in that century, covering the gamut of Hebrew literature, encompassing liturgical works, Bibles, commentaries, Talmud, Mishnah, halakhic codes, kabbalistic works, fables and "belles-lettres". Each of the 455 entries has a descriptive text pag... more »e comprised of background on the author, a description of the book's contents and physical make-up and is accompanied by a reproduction of the title or a sample page. There is an extensive introduction with an overview of Hebrew printing and a discussion of aspects of the Hebrew book in the 16th century, as well as detailed back matter. This is a useful work for bibliographers, historians and students of Jewish literature.« less