7. rtiaa r~*~p ~z~. or the Amsterdam Rabbinic Bible, edited by Moses Frankfurter (Amsterdam, 1724 27, 1 vols, royal foL). This is unquestionably the mosl valuable of all the Rabbinic Bibles. It is founded upon the Bomberg editions, and gi\ es nol only their contents. but also those of Buxtorfs, with much additional matter. This is the last Rabbinic Bible which is described in bibliographical works, and for this reason we give here the literature pertaining to the above Bibles: Wolf, Bibliotheca Hebr. ii, 365 sq. ; I/- Long-Mash, Bibliotheca Sacra, L, 95 sip; RosenmUlli r. Handbuch di r bibl. Litera- tur, i. 249 sq.; Steinschneider, Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, coL 6 sq. ; Ginsburg, in Kitto, s. v. "Rabbinic Bibles;" Carpzov, Critica Sacra 1748), p. 109 sq.; R. Simon, Histoin Criiiqut du Vieux Test. p. 512 sq. See Frankfurtj R.
a. The first volume, including the Pentateuch, contains: 1, an index of the things explained by li. Alalia- - according to the P< rasha, oth; 2, a treatise by the game a ut leu- on the Law : 3, approbations of the synagogues of Amsterdam, Frankfort, and others; 4, an explication by Mo-es (the am hoi) of the si;:ns used to dcsiirnai' thors referred to; 5, ancient prefaces at the head of for-
mer editions ; 6, an index of I lie chapters of the I ks of
the Old Tc-t. : T. the prefaces of R. Chiskuni; 8, the pref- ace of Levi ben-Gershon ;h'alh i- , with a revision of the Talmud ; '.», the preface of 1!. Alalia.- Seforno ; 10, the pref- ace of Aben-Ezra.
To the Bacred text arc added the Targums (thai ofOn- kelos in the Pentateuch; in the other volumes
exist . the a tentaries of Rashi, Aben-Ezra, B i i T i-
rini.tiiet.reaier and the Lesst r Ha» rah, the notes in this vol. of Levi ben-GershoD, Cbisb n . 3 i b de Letkiaa, : be /" 1 1 Voach " Precepts of Ni i a" andthi c mmenl a- ry oi'i;. Abdias Seforno. The Komets Minchah a collection from various commentaries} is added by the editor. The columns arc so disposed that the Hebrew text and the Targum are in the centre of the page, printed in square
t.\pe; the I.es-er Ma-orah in the inierniediate -pace, and
the Greater Masorab (likewise in sqnare type) al the bot- tom. At the sides, in large round (Rabbinic) letters, in the inner margin, is the commentary of Rashi; in the outer margin, that of Aben-Ezra and sometimes that of Chiskuni, In the lesser column, In small round type, are placed Baal-Tuiim, the / -.y.„,w,, and the K
tart of the page, the commentaries of in small round type.
ne contains the earlier pn ;
HI gum and Masorah a- a '
f Rashi, Ralbag, and Esaias, also ex- Keli Jakerb) R.Samuel Laftado, and
ehah ; i: ilbas i 6. The compani
the conn tracts fri
the '/ . ehah Ki tanah extracts fri m the c me
Moses Usheich I R. Aaron ben i h
meutarj called Left Aharon on the boob of Joshua and
Judges) of th litor in the mnrgta The prefaces of
Kimchi, Levi ben-Gershon, aud R. Samuel Laflado in the Keli Jaker, follow the title of this volume.
c. The third volume contains the later propl Pxt. eti'., a 1 1 aiiL-ed a- hit u e >. w ith I he comment Rashi, b'adak ii;. David Kimchi), Aben-Ezra on Isaiah and Jeremiah, R. Samuel in do, R. Jacob ben-Rab, R. Abdias Seforno, Sam lei Vlmesnires,andR.Isaai G and the Minehal '■ ah a series of extracts similar to he abi ivt by tl e editor.
,!. The fourth volume, containing the Kethubim (in like
style . in- the prefai es of Aben-Ezra, Aben-Esnias, and
i n-Zemnch In the Ohel ifeshnat and the Mixhpat
Zedek. There are also various commentaries on the Ha-
giogrnpha, by Rashi, Aben-Ezrn, Isaac Jabez, Aben-Je-
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chaja ; Abdias Seforno on the Psalms, and extracts from the Miuzma Lattora of Samuel Arepol ; on the Proverbs, by Kashi, Abeu-Ezra, Ralbag, Aben-Jechaja, Menahem Ham- meiri, with the commentary Kali Venaki of Solomon ben- Abraham ; on Job, by Kashi, Abeu-Ezra, Aben-Jechaja, Isaac Jabez, Rambau, Abo, Perizol, Abdias Seforno, and Simeon ben-Zemach ; on the Canticles, by Kashi, Abeu- Ezra, Ralbag, Aben-Jechaja, Isaac Jabez, Meri Arama, and Abdias Seforno; on Ruth, by Rashi, Abeu-Ezra, Ral- bag, Aben-Jechaja, and Isaac Jabez; on Ecclesiastes, by the same commentators, with the addition of Abdias Seforno; on Esther, by Rashi, Aben-Ezra, Ralbag, Aben- Jechaja; on Daniel, by Rashi, Aben-Ezra, Saadias, Aben- Jechaja, Isaac Jabez, and Ralbag: on Ezra and Nehe- miah.'by Rashi, Aben-Ezra, Aben-Jechaja, and Isaac Ja- bez; on Chronicles, by Rashi, Radak, and Aben-Jechaja. The' editor has also added his own commentary through- out this volume of the work, under the title Minchah Ercb. At the end of the work are placed the Greater Ma- sorah, the variations of the Eastern and Western Recen- sions (so called), and the treatise on the accents. Each of the assistants in the work is celebrated in Hebrew verse.
According to Wolff, this edition of the Rabbinic Bible is the most copious and the best. Some interpolations from MSS. have been introduced, in some instances en- tire, in others by extracts. Verses 36 and 3T of Josh, xxi have been rejected, and this is marked in the margin, which states that they exist in some MSS., but not in the most correct and ancient ones. In some copies designed for the use of Christians, Tyscheudorf has remarked that the treatise of R. Abdias Seforno, De Scopa Legis, is want- ing.