Buxtorf, Johannes. De Abbreviaturis Hebraicis...Operis Talmudici [glossary of Talmudic abbreviations]. * With: Item Bibliotheca Rabbinica

(BIBLIOGRAPHY).

Jacob Horre

Franequer

1696

Two works bound in one. Text in Latin with extensive use of Hebrew type

The Bibliotheca Rabbinica is the first scientifically organized bibliography of Jewish literature, alphabetically listing 324 Hebrew works. Buxtorf’s system influenced the physiognomy of Hebrew bibliography by introducing the title arrangement, a method that became the standard practice in Hebrew bibliography. His preference for this were two-fold: a title-listing eliminates the complication of establishing the identity and correct form of name of the Hebrew author, moreover, mosts Hebrew texts were better known by their title rather than by their author. See S. Brisman, A History and Guide to Judaic Bibliography, Vol. I (1977), pp. 3-5