Mikraot Gedolot
Title page of the 1st Mikraot Gedolot by Felix Pratensis 1517
One page of the 2nd Mikraot Gedolot by Jacob Ben Chajim Ibn Adonijah 1524; in the middle of the beginning of the week segment Mikez (Bereschit / 1. Book of Mose 41 based on the Hebrew original and Targum Onkelos ), framed by the commentaries by Rashi (right) and Abraham ibn Esra (left).
As Mikraot Gedolot , ( מקראות גדולות ), "Large Text" in German often Rabbinic Bible or rabbi Bible , spending is the Hebrew Tanakh called.
They usually include the following moments:
- Bible text based on the Masora with regard to their books and their order, vocalization and cantillation marks ;
- Masoretic notations of the biblical text;
- Aramaic Targum ;
- Bible commentaries .
First edition by Felix Pratensis
The so-called First Rabbinical Bible, “ʾArbāʿā wa-ʿeśrîm”, also called “First Bomberg Rabbinical Bible”, edited by Felix Pratensis , was published in 1517 by Daniel Bomberg . Pratensis was an Italian Sephardic Jewish scientist who later converted to Christianity.
Second edition by Jacob Ben Chajim
The so-called Second Rabbinical Bible was published by Jacob Ben Chajim Ibn Adonijah in 1524 with Daniel Bomberg in Venice. Jacob Ben Chajim was a Bible scholar and also published the first printed edition of the Jerusalem Talmud (Bomberg, Venice 1523).
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↑ The Second Rabbinic Bible (Mikraot Gedolot) (מקראות גדולות) Volume I, Yaakov ben Hayyim, 1524;
Digitized: Yaakov ben Hayyim, 1524: The Second Rabbinic Bible