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BIBLE, Hebrew. [Vocalized Pentateuch, entitled "Chumash Moda la-binnah" ("Friend of Intelligence"), with Haftarot (Readings from the Prophets), Rashi and a commentary "Havanat ha-mikra" by the editor Wolf Heidenheim (1757-1832); also including prayers and Yotserot (liturgical hymns) for the Sabbath].
Rödelheim: Wolf Heidenheim, 1818-21.
Each volume with a divisional title-page for the Haftarot.
5 volumes, small 8vo, 164 x 97 mm. (6½ x 3¾ in.), contemporary half calf, spines gilt, some spine ends worn.
Steinschneider 952; Zedner 113; Roest 184-185.
This is one of four different Bible editions (all listed by Zedner and Roest [in more detail]) that Wolf Heidenheim, often considered the first modern scholarly editor of religious Hebrew texts and widely known for the accuracy of his texts, printed between 1818 and 1821. (5)
Rödelheim: Wolf Heidenheim, 1818-21.
Each volume with a divisional title-page for the Haftarot.
5 volumes, small 8vo, 164 x 97 mm. (6½ x 3¾ in.), contemporary half calf, spines gilt, some spine ends worn.
Steinschneider 952; Zedner 113; Roest 184-185.
This is one of four different Bible editions (all listed by Zedner and Roest [in more detail]) that Wolf Heidenheim, often considered the first modern scholarly editor of religious Hebrew texts and widely known for the accuracy of his texts, printed between 1818 and 1821. (5)