We have provided here the second rabbinic Bible published in 1524. This Rabbinic Bible is also called the Mikraot Gedolot. This Hebrew Rabbinic Bible has four distinct parts:
1. The Biblical text according to the masorah in its letters, vocalization, and cantillation marks.
2. Masoretic notes on the Biblical text.
3. Aramaic Targum. “The targumim (singular: “targum”, Hebrew: תרגום), were spoken paraphrases, explanations, and expansions of the Jewish scriptures that a Rabbi would give in the common language of the listeners, which during the time of this practice was commonly, but not exclusively, Aramaic.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targum)
4. Biblical commentaries (most common and prominent are medieval commentaries in the peshat tradition).
(Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikraot_Gedolot)
Please be advised, that with all ancient texts, one must be careful and view it together with other editions/reprints (in case some text is lost or unreadable due to age etcetera). However, this does not reduce the pleasure of reading the original and ancient texts!
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3 thoughts on “Second Rabbinic Bible Volume 1 to 4 1524 PDF”
Thanks for this. Do you know if there is an index to the scripture refs on each page to help a goy like me to find my way to specific passages more easily?
In volume 4 page 1806 (for example) there’s lots of words scribbled out.
were these words part of the scripture, or part of the commentary?
any idea why they were crossed out??
Also: I downloaded the 4 volumes off the internet archive.
I take pdf of old (Bible Related) books, break them apart into individual pages,
then clean up the backgrounds and enhance the text (in photoshop)
It’s a bit of work, would you be interested in seeing my finished results?
When there’s a word obliterated by dirt, I have another volume – that was a very “dirty” scan
and did some cut & paste to replace that word.
I also created a log book for each volume – containing every page where I “cut & paste” a word or 2.
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Thanks for this. Do you know if there is an index to the scripture refs on each page to help a goy like me to find my way to specific passages more easily?
Hi,
The best I could find that might be of some help (short of an English version of this PDF) is here: http://www.ericlevy.com/Revel/BenChayim-Intro.pdf
Please remember that we have joined all 4 volumes together so page numbers might need to be adjusted.
Also, a quick scan through it and the start and end pages might be more what you are looking for….
In volume 4 page 1806 (for example) there’s lots of words scribbled out.
were these words part of the scripture, or part of the commentary?
any idea why they were crossed out??
Also: I downloaded the 4 volumes off the internet archive.
I take pdf of old (Bible Related) books, break them apart into individual pages,
then clean up the backgrounds and enhance the text (in photoshop)
It’s a bit of work, would you be interested in seeing my finished results?
When there’s a word obliterated by dirt, I have another volume – that was a very “dirty” scan
and did some cut & paste to replace that word.
I also created a log book for each volume – containing every page where I “cut & paste” a word or 2.