mantua

«mantua» in Mova's judaism dictionary: An Italian city where books were printed long ago, and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

An Italian city where books were printed long ago, and where a famous edition of Sefer Yetzirah came out in 1562. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah texts it is only the place of printing for old editions, not part of the Torah. Interpretation: Jewish printers in Italian cities such as Mantua helped spread Sefer Yetzirah and the Zohar, which made them known far beyond small circles of scholars.

examples

• A Version by Saadiah, ab. ben David, and three others, Mantua, 1562, 4to. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Interested readers can check the 1562 Mantua edition for themselves through the digital archives of the National Library of Israel: nli.org.il/he/books/NNLALEPH990012793690205171/NLI. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• The "Zohar was first printed in Mantua in 1558, again in Cremona, 1560, and at Lublin, 1623, and a fourth edition by Knorr von Rosenroth, at Sulzbach in 1684. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

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