The First Rabbinic Bible 1517

Libraries which have copies of the First Rabbinic Bible (Special Page refers to a page containing "anti-Christian polemics" written by David Kimhi. This page is included in 10 of the Bibles):

The First Rabbinic Bible 1517
LIBRARY
CALL NO.
SPECIAL PAGE
COMMENT
Augsburg, Germany,Staats. u. Stadt Bibl. 2° ThB II, 1
YES
 by mail
Basel, Switz, Univ. Bibl. FG II ii
YES
 seen
Basel, Switz, Univ. Bibl. FG II 9, 10
NO
 seen
Cambridge, U. K., Univ. Lib. S 816 a 51.10
YES
 seen
Cambridge, U. K., Univ. Lib. S 816 a 51.9
NO
 seen
Cambridge, U. K., Univ. Lib. S 816 a 51. 4
NO PSALMS
 seen
Cambridge, U. K., Univ. Lib. S 816 a 51. 1
NO PSALMS
 seen
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Univ. Bibl. L 1364
NO
 by mail
Geneva, Switz.,Bibl. pub. et Univ. Bb 406
YES
 seen
Göttingen, Germany, Niedersächsische Staats. u. Univ. Bibl. 2 Bibl. I, 245
YES
 by mail
Ithaca, New York, Cornell -
NO
 by E-mail
London, U. K, British Museum 1900 el, 2
NO
 microfilm
Lyon, France, Bibl. Municipale 20007
YES
 seen
Munich, Germany, Univ. Bibl. 2° Bibl. 65 1-3
YES
 seen
New York, U. S. A., Jewish Theological Seminary -
NO
 photocopy seen
New York, U. S. A., New York Public Library **P
NO
 by mail
Ottawa, Canada, National Library of Canada Lowy III/44
NO
 by E-mail
Oxford, U. K.,Bodleian Opp fol 23, 24
YES
 seen
Paris, France, Bibliotheque Nationale Res A1
NO
 seen
Strasbourg, France, Bibl. Nat. et Univ. R 243
YES
 seen
Vatican, Bibl. Apost. Vaticana Ross. 3178-81
NO
 seen
Vienna, Austria, Österreich. Nat. Bibl. 2A10 E 477
YES
 seen
Washington, D. C., Library of Congress unclassified shelves
YES
 by E-mail
Zürich, Switz., Zentralbibl. III ZZ 25
NO
 seen

SUMMARY
1517 Bibles without Psalms 2
1517 Bibles with no special page of anti-Christian polemics 11
1517 Bibles WITH special page of anti-Christian polemics 11
TOTAL 24

POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL BIBLES

The following libraries appear to have the First Rabbinic Bible but have not yet been contacted or examined:

  • Harvard University Library Catalogue of Hebrew Books vol. I ref Heb 1650 517*

  • Union Theological Seminary of New York - per National Union Catalogue, Vol. 54. p. 48

  • Yale, Connecticut, per National Union Catalogue, Vol. 54. p. 48

    Updated: September 8, 2003

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    "The Kimhis and the Reformers"
    Introductory Remarks
    I. The Kimhi Family - the emergence of their writings in the Reformation
    II. Transmission of the writings of the Kimhis in the Middle Ages
    III. Martin Luther's Use of Hebrew
    IV Eli Levita - Interpreter of Kimhi Grammars
    Reference Notes
    KIMHI SOURCE DOCUMENTS
    R. David Kimhi's Sefer Miklol R. Moses Kimhi's Mahalak Shebile De-daat
    HEBREW GRAMMARS OF THE REFORMATION
    GRAMMARS 1475-1528 Pellican's de modo legendi et intelligendi 1504 Reuchlin's de rudimentis hebraicis 1506
    KIMHI WRITINGS PRINTED 1469-1545
    Grammars - 1469-1545 Commentaries - 1477-1531 Psalms 1477-1517 1st Rabbinic 1517 Special Page

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