קדושין
Kidushin Guadalajara
Atlantic Coast
1482 Talmud printed in Sephardic
fashion, without Tosafot
4
משלי
Mishle w/Radak Lisbon
Atlantic Coast
1482 Early example of distinct
fonts for Bible and commentary
4
טור אורח חיים
Tur Orah Hayim Hijar
Atlantic Coast
1485 First use of a printers' mark
in a Hebrew book
4
אבודרהם
Abudarham Lisbon
Atlantic Coast
1490 First commentary printed in
life of author
4
De antiquitate
Judaica
Jewish Antiquities
Augsburg
Germanic
1470 First Josephus imprint
4
Errores Judaeorum ex Talmud extracti
Errores Judaeorum ex
Talmud extracti
Augsberg
Germanic
before 1473 Christian work on the errors
in the Talmud
3
In aller übung der vernunft
Contra perfidos Judaeos (German)
Esslingen, Germanic
1477 Contains a short Hebrew grammar, with woodcut
Hebrew types
3
Liber Chronicarum
Nuremberg Chronicle
Nuremberg
Germanic
1493 Includes woodcut
illustration of the Jews murdering Simon of Trent
3
בחינת עולם
Behinat 'Olam
Mantua
Italy
1474 Arranged and printed by Estellina Conat, first book
printed by a woman
5
נופת צופים
Nofet Tsufim
Mantua
Italy
1475 First Hebrew book printed in
the life of the author
4
רש"י על התורה
Rashi on the Pentateuch
Reggio di Calabria
Italy
1475 First dated Hebrew book
3
תלמוד: ברכות
Talmud Bavli: Masekhet Berakhot
Soncino
Italy
1483 First Talmud with modern
layout (Rashi + Tosafot)
4
משל הקדמוני
Meshal ha-Kadmoni
Brescia
Italy
1491 First Hebrew illustrated
book.
4
ערוך
‘Arukh
Rome
Italy
1469-1471
Lexicon of Talmudic and Midrashic Terms
4
שאלות תשובות
Rashba Responsa
Rome
Italy
1469-73
First collection of responsa
4
אגור
Agur
Naples
Italy
1487-1492
First book with a rabbinic approbation
4
מורה נבוכים
Moreh nevukhim
Rome
Islamic World
1473-1475 First work of Jewish
philosophy to be printed
3
ברוך אתה בבואך
Barukh atah be-vo'ekha…
Cairo, Islamic World
c. 1400 Earliest example of printed
Hebrew (block print on paper), found in Cairo
Geniza
6
טורים הארבע
Arba’ah turim
Constantinople
Islamic World
1493 First book printed in any
language in Ottoman Empire
4
הקאנון
Canon of Medicine
Naples
Islamic World
1492 Hebrew translation of
Avicenna’s medical work
4
מרכבת המשנה
Mirkevet ha-Mishnah
Cracow
E. Europe
1535 Early Cracow imprint;
includes Yiddish
2
חטאתהזאת תורת
Zot torat ha-Hatat
Cracow
E. Europe
1570 First halakhic work of the
Rama
3
זרה מסכת עבודה
Masekhet ‘Avodah zarah
Cracow, E. Europe
1580 Printed in Poland because
banned/censored in W. Europe.
2
עם ערוך שולחןא"הרמ הגהות
Shulhan ‘Arukh
Crakow
E.Europe
1578 With the commentary of the Rama, uniting Ashkenazi and
Sephardi halakha
3
הגדה
Hagadah
Prague
Germanic
1526 Earliest illustrated hagadah,
standard for future illustrated hagadot
3
מידות ספר
Sefer midot [Orhot tsadikim]
Izny
Germanic
1542 First ed., book of mussar, in
Yiddish
2
Genoa Psalterium
Polyglot Psalms (Arabic, Greek,
Hebrew)
Geneva, Germanic
1516 First Polyglot portion of the
Bible
3
Portae Lucis
אורה שערי Augsburg
Germanic
1516 Printed by Christian
Hebraists (Latin)
3
משנה תורה
Mishneh Torah
Venice, Italy
1551 Created a fued between two printers, involved pope, led
to the burning of the Talmud in 1553
2
תלמוד
Talmud Bavli
Venice
Italy
1523 First complete edition of the
Babylonian Talmud
6
זוהר
Zohar
Mantua
Italy
1558 First edition of the Zohar (Cremona ed began the
following year)
3
ספר מנהגים
Sefer Minhagim
Venice
Italy
1589
Illustrated, Yiddish
3
עקדת יצחק
‘Akedat Yitshak
Salonika
Islamic World
1522 Sermons on the Pentateuch;
very popular among Sephardi Jews in Salonika
3
מדרש תהלים
Midrash Tehilim
Salonika
Islamic World
1515 One of the first Salonika
imprints
3
קהלת יעקב
Kehilat Ya'akov
Safed
Islamic World
1578 One of the first imprints in
the Holy Land
3
אבודרהם
Abudarham
Fez
Islamic World
1517 Second book printed on
African continent
3
זוטא עולם סדר
Chronologia Hebraeorum maior
Paris
Atlantic Coast
1572 Latin translation of Seder
‘Olam for Christian use
2
De accentibus …linguae Hebraicae
De accentibus et orthographia linguae
Hebraicae
Hagenau (Alsace)
Atlantic Coast
1518 Reuchlin on Hebrew
2
Vetus Testamentu[m] multiplici lingua
Complutensian Polyglot Bible
Alcalá de Henares, Atlantic Coast
1514-1517 1st complete polyglot Bible
3
תנ"ך
Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim
Paris
Atlantic Coast
1539-1544 Printed by the Estienne
Press, known for its beauty
3
מסכת פורים
Masekhet Purim
Crakow
E. Europe
1640
Yiddish parody
2
יקותיאל דת
Dat Yekuti’el
Zolkiew
E. Europe
1696 Poetic account of the 613
Mitsvot
2
Historia de’ riti hebraici
Riti hebraici
Paris
Atlantic Coast
1637 First vernacular description
of Judaism by a Jew for a non-Jewish audience
3
Hope of Israel
Hope of Israel
London
Atlantic Coast
1650 First English translation of
Mikveh Yisrael
2
To His Highnesse the Lord Protector…
To His Highnesse the
Lord Protector…
London
Atlantic Coast
1655 Led to Jews being officially allowed back into England
2
Bay Psalm Book
Bay Psalm Book
Cambridge
Atlantic Coast
1640 First example of Hebrew in the New world (block print)
6
וראינה צאינה
Tsenerene
Hanau
Germanic
1622 First extant edition; t.p. lists
Basel - YIVO Encyclopdia says it's Hanau
3
שני לוחות הברית
Shene luhot ha-berit
Amsterdam
Germanic
1648 Written as an ethical will;
had a major impact on Hassidism.
2
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
Tractatus theologico-
politicus
Hamburg, Germanic
1670 Spinoza’s major work; he
had been excommunicated nearly 15 years earlier
3
שערי אורה
Sha’are orah
Cracow
E. European
1600 Kabbalah; last edition of this
work for over 100 years
2
שפתי ישנים
Sifte Yeshenim
Amsterdam
Germanic
1680 First Jewish bibliography
written by a Jew
2
הגדה
Hagadah
Amsterdam
Germanic
1695 First hagadah to include copper engravings and a
map
3
לב טוב
Lev Tov
Cracow
E. Europe
1641 Ethical work
Printed in Yiddish
3
שמעוני ילקוט
Yalkut Shim'oni
Livorno, Italy
1649 One of the first books
printed at Livorno, which would rise to prominence in
later centuries
2
שירים אשר לשלמה
Shirim asher li-Shelomoh
Venice, Italy
1623 First polyphonic Hebrew
printed music. Maybe first Hebrew printed music at all
3
יבין מצולה
Yeven Metsulah
Venice
Italy
1653 Detailed description of the horrors of the Chmielnicki
massacres
2
יהודה שערית
She'erit Yehuda
Salonika
Islamic World
1600 Commentary on the Shulhan
Arukh
2
הליכות אלי
Halikhot Eli
Izmir
Islamic World
1662 The author was forced to flee Izmir because he was
against Sabbatai Zevi
2
מלך מסע
Masa Melekh
Salonika
Islamic World
1601 On community
administration, based on Hoshen Mishpat
2
בית יהודה
Bet Yehudah
Venice
Italy
1634-1635 Author writes about the
attacks on printers by the Inquisition
1
כסף נבחר
Kesef Nivhar
Damascus
Islamic World
1605 First book printed in Syria; no
printing again in Damascus until the 20th century
3
Dickdook leshon gnebreet
Hebrew Textbook Cambridge, USA
Atlantic Coast
1735 First book using Hebrew
type in America
3
Evening Service of Roshashanah
Translation of the Prayerbook
New York, USA
Atlantic Coast
1761 One of the 1st imprints for
Jews in the New World
4
תולדות יעקב יוסף
Toldot Ya’akov Yosef
Korets
E. Europe
1780 Primary work of teachings of
Ba'al Shem Tov. First Ed.
3
צפנת פנח
Tsafnat Pa’neah
Korets
E. Europe
1782 Written by student of the
BeShT; works were burned by Mitnagdim
3
Bab Musi = Porta Mosis
Perush ha-Mishna
Oxford
Islamic World
1654 First Judeo-Arabic imprint. Maimonides’ commentary
on the Mishna
1
סדר התפלה
Seder ha-tefila 'al derekh ha-sod
Zolkiew
E. Europe
1781 First complete Ashkenazi
Siddur with Lurianic prayers.
2
כתר שם טוב
Keter Shem Tov
Zolkiew
E. Europe
1794-1795 First anthology of the
teachings of the Ba’al Shem Tov
2
... תורה חומשי חמשה ם"והרשב י"רש
Rashbam’s commentary on Torah
Berlin, Germanic
1705 Printed from ms owned by
Oppenheim (collector impacting production)
2
Estos son los perakim
Pirke Avot
Venice
Italy
1707 Includes Ladino in Roman
characters
1
Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses
Religious Ceremonies
Amsterdam Germanic
1723-1743 Extensive illustrations of the
religions of the world; section on Judaism
3
מסילת ישרים
Mesilat Yesharim
Amsterdam Germanic
1740 Ethical text by philosopher
Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto
2
שלוםהנתיבות ספר
Sefer Netivot ha-shalom
Berlin
Germanic
1783 Moses Mendelsohn’s
commentary on the Bible
3
הקונטיריס סדר
Seder ha-kunteres
Avignon
Atlantic Coast
1765
Prayers for year round according to the unique rite
of the Comtat Venaissin
2
תורת חיים
Torat Hayim
Salonika
Islamic World
1713-1722 1st book to include responsa
for New World (regarding prayer for rain in Brazil)
2
2
סדר תפלה על המרד באמריקה
Seder Tefilah ‘al ha-Mered be-Amerikah
London
Atlantic Coast
1776 Prayer regarding the
“rebellion” in America
3
טוביה מעשה
Ma'aseh Tuviyah
Venice
Italy
1707 Medical Book; many
illustrations
2
ספר הרשב"ש
Sefer ha-Rashbash
Livorno, Italy
1742 Haskamot detail printer's
efforts to get permission to re-establish printing in
Livorno
1
י"ש מנחת
Minhat Shai
Mantua, Italy
1742-44 A critical Masoretic
commentary on the Bible, based on manuscripts and
print editions
2
מעם לועז
Me-'am Lo’ez
Constantinople
Islamic World
1730 Ladino
2
לישראל חק
Hok le-Yisra’el Cairo
Islamic World
1740 One of the earliest books
printed in Egypt
2
זרע יצחק
Zera' Yitshak
Tunis
Islamic World
1768 First book printed in Tunisia
2
ט"שעהב שבחי
Shivhe ha-Besht
Laszczow
E. Europe
1815 Hagiographic collection of
stories about the Ba’al Shem Tov
2
משנה ברורה
Mishnah Berurah
Warsaw
E. Europe
1884 "Modern" code of law
1
ל'מעסער דאס
Dos meser'l
St. Petersberg
E. Europe
1886 Beginning of the work of Sholem Aleichem, famed
Yiddish writer
1
בבלי תלמוד
Talmud Bavli
Vilna
E. Europe
1886 Standardized version of the
Talmud
2
ריםונע חטאת
Hat’ot Ne’urim
Vienna/Warsaw
E. Europe
1876-1899 Maskilic literature
1
צדיקים שפתי סדור
Form of prayers…
Philadelphia
Atlantic Coast
1837 1st siddur in America
(Portuguese rite, translation)
1
The twenty-four books of the Holy Scriptures
English Bible
Philadelphia, Atlantic Coast
1853 Important translation of the
Bible by Isaac Leeser
1
Catalogus librorum hebraeorum
Catalogus librorum hebraeorum in
bibliotheca Bodleiana
Berlin
Atlantic Coast
1852-1860
1
קריאי ישרים תפילתסנהדרין שם אנשי העדה
Priere des membres du Sanhedrin
Paris
Atlantic Coast
1807 Publication by the Sanhedrin
(convened by Napoleon)
2
הגדה
Trieste Hagadah
Trieste
Italy
1864 Only early Hagadah to include lithography (58
original engravings)
2
פולין מנהג מחזור
Mahzor minhag Polin
Rodelheim
Germanic
1800-1803 Wolf Heidenheim was an
important publisher of liturgy in clear format
2
Neunzehn Briefe uber Judenthum
Nineteen Letters about Judaism
Altona
Germanic
1836 S. R. Hirsch’s corpus on neo-
Orthodoxy
1
Der Judenstaat
Der Judenstaat
Leipzig
Germanic
1896 Herzl's seminal work on The
Jewish State
2
ד"לש טעם
Ta'am le-shad
Livorno
Italy
1863 Response to ShaDaL's dialogue on Kabbalah
1
בני למחזור מבוא רומא
Mavo le-mahzor
bene Roma
Livorno
Italy
1856 Historical/Critical
introduction to the Mahzor
1
אבות פרק
Perek Avot
Bombay
Islamic World
1822 Hebrew and Arabic in Hebrew characters.
(Lithograph)
2
הבדלה סדר בלערבי
Seder Havdala bil-'Arabi
Algiers
Islamic World
1853 Judeo-Arabic for a Jewish
audience
2
ויטאל חיים ר׳ שבחי
Shivhe R. Hayim Vital
Baghdad
Islamic World
1866 Beginning of Baghdad press
1
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