Seder Moed, Jerusalem Talmud, Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1523

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 USD

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Description

83 leaves (13 ½ x 9 in.; 343 x 228 mm). Collation: 1-9^{8, 10^{6, 11^{5= 83 leaves. Woodcut title border and head-pieces. Lightly stained; some worming, repaired. Modern blind-tooled, gilt stamped brown leather.}}}

Literature

Vinograd, Venice 89; Habermann 90.

Catalogue Note

The Jerusalem Talmud was undertaken by Daniel Bomberg after the completion of the Babylonian Talmud in 1523. The edition was based upon the sole extant manuscript of the Jerusalem Talmud, known today as the Leiden manuscript, which was written by Jehiel ben Jekuthiel ben Benjamin ha-Rofe in 1289. An amalgam of the teachings of the academies of Tiberias, Caesarea, and Sepphoris, the Jerusalem Talmud was compiled in the Land of Israel, though not in Jerusalem as its name would imply; in point of fact it is more correctly, though less usually, referred to as Talmud di-Venei Ma'arava (Talmud of the West.) Just as its Babylonian counterpart, the Jerusalem Talmud is essentially the result of discussions on, and elaboration of the text of, the earlier Mishna. The present volume comprises the Mishnaic order, Mo'ed, one of four Orders included in the Jerusalem Talmud. Mo'ed deals with the Sabbath and festivals as well as other fixed events of the Jewish calendar.