Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction. A Micro-Historical Perspective on Early Hebrew Prints 1
5. 1 Errancy of Print. Early Hebrew Prints from Sefarad to Italy 33
6. 2 Establishing Hegemony. Daniel Bomberg’s First Rabbinic Bible 104
7. 3 Centrality of Print. Daniel Bomberg’s Second Rabbinic Bible 149
8. 4 Back to Origins. The Burning of the Talmud and its Discontents 187
9. 5 The Return of the Repressed. Printing the Zohar as a Biblical Commentary 237
10. Conclusion. Early Hebrew Prints Today 287
11. Appendix. Twenty-Six Fundamental Layout Types of Early Hebrew Prints 307
12. List of Figures 323
13. List of Tables 327
14. Bibliography 329
15. Index of Names 353