Sepher Meturgamon [Aramaic dictionary]

Estimate

$600–$900

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Not recorded

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author

LEVITA, ELIJAH BACHUR

printer

P. Fagius

Place

Isny

Publication

1541

Description

With the Author’s introduction in Hebrew. FIRST EDITION. With woodcut device by Fagius on last leaf. A wide-margined copy

references

Vinograd, Isny 6

summary

A dictionary of the Aramaic words found in the Targumim: Jonathan, Onkelos and Jerusalem. In his introduction, Levita delves into the authorship of Targum Jerusalem to the Pentateuch and Writings, as well as other matters pertaining to the composition and dating of the various Aramaic translations of the Bible. Levita states that his is the first Aramaic dictionary since R. Nathan of Rome's Aruch, remarking that the Aruch was primarily concerned with the Aramaic of the Talmud and only peripherally with that of the Targumim

ff. (4), 164, (2). Some staining, early inscriptions on title. Later calf, scuffed. Folio

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