mantua

noun

«mantua» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah texts it is only the place of printing for old editions, not part of the Torah.

Interpretation. Jewish printers in Italian cities such as Mantua helped spread Sefer Yetzirah and the Zohar, which made them known far beyond small circles of scholars.

Meaning

An Italian city where books were printed long ago, and where a famous edition of Sefer Yetzirah came out in 1562. tree →

Examples

A Version by Saadiah, ab. ben David, and three others, Mantua, 1562, 4to. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
Interested readers can check the 1562 Mantua edition for themselves through the digital archives of the National Library of Israel: nli.org.il/he/books/NNLALEPH990012793690205171/NLI. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
The "Zohar was first printed in Mantua in 1558, again in Cremona, 1560, and at Lublin, 1623, and a fourth edition by Knorr von Rosenroth, at Sulzbach in 1684. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

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