of Constantinople (RANa”Ch). Teshuvoth She'eloth [responsa]

ELIJAH IBN CHAIM

n.p.

Constantinople

(c.1610)

FIRST EDITION

Vinograd, Venice 1067; Yaari, Const. 242

There is some confusion among bibliographers as to the correct place and date of printing of this work. The preponderance of opinions suggests that it is a Constantinople imprint, as stated on the title page. As regards the date, Yaari suggests that the book was printed between the years 1603-1617, the years of the reign of Sultan Ahmed I, whose Court is noted on the title page. Page 185 contains an internal title for the author’s novellae to the Talmudic Tractate Kethuvoth - not noted by Yaari. See Y. Hacker, Aresheth, Vol. V, p. 493. See also the article by A.M. Habermann in Sepher Assaf (1953), pp. 217-20