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Bidding Information
Lot #    24634
Auction End Date    9/22/2009 10:47:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Bible
Title (Hebrew)    עשרים וארבעה
Author    [Bible]
City    Amsterdam
Publisher    Menashe Ben-Israel
Publication Date    1639
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    112; 144, 144-166; 94, [4] ff., 154:98 mm., nice margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary full leather boards, expertly restored.
          
Detailed
Description		    Bible with punctuation points in double columns. The printer of this edition, Menasseh ben Israel was born in 1604 on the Portuguese Island of Madeira. Born into a Marrano family, he was baptized as Manuel Dias Soeiro. In his childhood his family immigrated to Amsterdam and openly returned to Judaism, and thereafter his name was changed to Menasseh ben Israel. As a young boy he studied at the Yeshiva of the Portuguese community in the city and when he reached the age of 18 was appointed preacher in the Neveh Shalom community in place of the deceased Rabbi Isaac Uziel. His wide secular education and his command of many languages won him a reputation among Christian scholars, who considered him the greatest Jewish scholar of his generation. He wrote books in Spanish and Latin on theological and philosophical subjects and even wrote several works in Hebrew. His lengthy work reconciling discordant passages of the Bible brought him fame among Jews and Christians. In 1626 Menasseh ben Israel established the first Hebrew printing press in Holland. Between 1646 and 1652 his sons Joseph and Samuel managed the press. In 1655, towards the end of his life, Menasseh ben Israel was invited to England, where, supported by Cromwell, he presented his request to the Parliament. Unsuccessful at first, he finally won a partial victory, and Jews were thenceforth allowed, with some restrictions, to settle in England and were granted civil and religious freedom. Menasseh ben Israel died in 1657 and was buried in the Portuguese cemetery in Ouderkerk.
          
Paragraph 2    והם חמשה חומשי תורה, נביאים ראשונים ואחרונים וכתובים. מדוייק... עם הקרי וכתיב פתוחות וסתומות וחסרות ויתרות כתקון ספר תורה.

בשער: שנת דודי צ'ח' לפרט קטן [שצ"ח], 1639. קולופון: ... והיתה השלמתו בירח תליתאי לגאולתי [חדש סיון] פרשת אל תכריתו את שבט משפחות הקהתי [במדבר], שנת ו'א'נ'י' א'ל' יי בטחתי [צ"ח]. לפרט מהפרט לחשבון עדתי... דף צד,ב-[3]: לוח ההפטרות של כל השנה כפי כל המנהגים. נדפס דף-על-דף ושורה-על-שורה על-פי בזליאה שע"א-שע"ב.
          
Reference
Description		    CD-EPI 0182306
        
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Listing Classification
Period
17th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Holland:    Checked
  
Subject
Bible:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Bindings:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica