Daniel Bomberg

Flemish printer

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Daniel Bomberg was a Flemish printer who played a significant role in the history of printed biblical literature. He is particularly noted for publishing the first rabbinic Bible in Venice in 1516/17. This edition included the Hebrew text with full vowel points and accents, along with Aramaic Targums and medieval Jewish commentaries.1

Bomberg's second edition of the rabbinic Bible, issued in Venice in 1524/25, became the standard for Hebrew Bibles for centuries. It featured an extensive Masoretic text-critical apparatus that has not been matched in subsequent editions. His work was instrumental in making these important texts more widely available and studied.1

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…Felix Pratensis and published by Daniel Bomberg (Venice, 1516/17). The second edition, edited by Jacob ben Hayyim ibn Adonijah and issued by Bomberg in four volumes (Venice, 1524/25), became the prototype of future Hebrew Bibles down to the 20th century. It contained a vast text-critical apparatus of Masoretic notes never…
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…Felix Pratensis and published by Daniel Bomberg (Venice, 1516/17). The second edition, edited by Jacob ben Hayyim ibn Adonijah and issued by Bomberg in four volumes (Venice, 1524/25), became the prototype of future Hebrew Bibles down to the 20th century. It contained a vast text-critical apparatus of Masoretic notes never…
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