List of Bibles

The materials in the Sixteenth-Century Hebrew Books collection are divided into 3 sections: General Titles; Bibles (this list); and Talmudim.

The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.

In order to be consistent, titles are listed alphabetically, without the word ספר at the beginning, and without the definite article ה. Example: to find the title ספר המוסר, search under “מוסר”.
A number of books have multiple titles (both formal and informal), and for this reason many titles are also cross-referenced. Example: the Karaite prayer book known familiarly by the title of מנחת יהודה (Venice, 1528/1529) is cross-referenced with its more formal title: סדור התפלות למנהג קהל הקראים
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Hebrew Title	Transliterated Title and Printing Information (click to access the full bibliographic record)	Notes
תהלים עברי יוואני ערבי עם תרגום ושלשה תרגומים עם פרושן	Augustino Giustiniani Paul and Petrus Paulus Porrus. Psalterium Hebraeum, Graecum, Arabicum, et Chaldaem. Genoa: Pietro Paolo Porro, 1516 Latin title: Psalterium Hebraeum, Graecum, Arabicum, et Chaldaeum	Complete and in excellent condition. Elephant folio.
מקראות גדולות	Felix Pratensis. Miḳraʼot gedolot. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1516-17. - Torah - Nevi’im Rishonim - Nevi’im Aharonim - Ketuvim Alternate title: Second Rabbinic Bible	Vols. 1-4. LOC copy lacks title-page, the letter to Pope Leo X on verso, and the first few leaves (extant text begins from “Lekh Lekha”).
חמשה חומשי תורה עם תרגום אונקלוס רש״י רמב״ן וראב״ע	With Tirgum Onkelos and comm. by Rashi, Ramban, & Abraham ibn Ezra. Hamishah humshe Torah. Constantinople: David and Samuel ibn Nahmias, 1522. - Ketuvim	Missing first and last 5 leaves and ornamental page incipit. LOC copy has standard Sephardi haftarot (Bodleian copy has Karaite haftarot; cf. Micro Orien Hebr. 149). Many leaves bound out of order. Most of the [printed] page numbers are lost or trimmed away.
תורה נביאים וכתובים	Torah Neviʼim u-Khetuvim. Venice: Cornelius Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg, 1528.	Entire Bible in 1 volume. No title-page, but colophon intact.
אוצר ישע	Sebastien Muenster, ed. Otsar Yesha’. Basle: Michaelis Isengrinii and Henricus Petri, 1535. Latin title: Hebraica Biblia Latina	Ornamental frames. Heavily annotated. Elephant folio.
ארבעה ועשרים	Sebastien Muenster, ed.. Arba’ah ve-esrim. Basle: Hieronymus Froben and Nicholas Episcopius, 1536. - Nevi’im Rishonim ve-Ahronim (Joshua – Malakhi)	Fair condition. Lacks title-page; trimmed close to margins.
תהלים	David Kimhi . Tehilim. Isny: Paulus Fagius, 1541.	Complete; in near fine condition. First few leaves with Latin annotations hand-written in margins. Folio.
תורה נביאים וכתובים: עם פירוש של דוד קמחי	David Kimhi. Torah Neviʼim u-Khetuvim im perush shel David Kimhi. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1539- 1543.	24 books in 4 vols. Francois Vatable edited Kimhi’s commentary on Later Prophets.
תורה נביאים וכתובים: עם פירוש של דוד קמחי	David Kimhi. Torah Neviʼim u-Khetuvim im perush shel David Kimhi. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1539-1543. - Isaiah (Paris, 1539) - Nevi’im Ahronim (Paris, 1539/1540) - Jeremiah – (Paris, 1540) - Daniel (Paris, 1540) - Ezra-Nehemiah (Paris,1541) - Job (Paris, 1541) - Ezekiel (Paris, 1541) - Hamishah Humshei Torah (Paris, 1543) - Divre ha-Yamim (Paris, 1543)	All title-pages intact. In excellent condition except for first few leaves of Isaiah, which are heavily annotated with linguistic notes.. The Hebraic Section lacks: - Tehilim (Paris, 1540) - Mishle (Paris, 1540) - Hamesh Megilot (Paris, 1540) - Nevi’im Rishonim (Paris, 1543)
תורה נביאים וכתובים	Torah Neviʼim u-Khetuvim. Venice: Daniel Adelkind, 1545. - Joshua – Melakhim (Vol. 2; fols.159-276) - Isaiah – Malakhi (Vol. 3; fols. 277-398) - Tehilim – Divrei ha-Yamin (Vol. 4; 399-528) - Isaiah – Divrei ha-Yamim. (This includes the same texts as found in Vols. 3 and 4 just above, all bound in one volume). On binding:נביאים אחרונים וכתובים Isaiah - Chronicles, Venice	Foliation continuous; LOC lacks Vol. 1 (the Torah and five Scrolls). Colophon intact with name of printer and date at the end of Vol. 4, following the list of haftarot (pages unfoliated).
איוב	Isaac Cohen ben Solomon ha-Cohen. [Sefer] Iyov. Constantinople,: Eliezer ben Gershom Soncino, 1545.	Title-page a bit marked up; otherwise an excellent copy. This was a separate printing; not part of a complete Bible.
Psalmorum liber prophetae David, Hebraice, Græcè & Latinè	Psalmorum liber prophetae David, Hebraice, Græcè & Latinè. Basle: Henricus Petri, 1545.	Complete; in excellent condition. 16⁰.
עשרים וארבעה On binding: תורה Pentateuch, Venice 1547	Rashi, Ramban, Abraham ibn Ezra and David Kimhi. Esrim ve-arba’ah. Venice: Marco Antonio Giustiniani, 1547.	Contains the Torah; only volume printed in this edition. Complete and in excellent condition.
מקראות גדולות	Jacob ben Hayyim ben Isaac ibn Adonijah. Miḳraʼot gedolot. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1548. - Torah - Nevi’im Rishonim - Nevi’im Aharonim - Ketuvim	Vols. 1-4 complete and in excellent condition apart from title-page of Vol. 2, which is badly damaged. Large Folio.
תורה וחמש מגילות	Torah ve-hamesh megilot. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1548.	1 volume, folio. Title page intact.
תהלים	Solomon ben Shem Tov Attias. Tehilim. Venice: [s. n.], 1549	Complete; in excellent condition. Two censors’ signatures on final page. Folio.
חמשה חומשי תורה	Latin trans. by Sebastien Munster. Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah. Venice: ex officina Iustinianea, 1551. Latin title: Hebraicus Pentatuchus latinus	Also includes the Five Scrolls. Complete and in excellent condition; title-page shows signs of minor repair.
הושע ־ יונה	Hoseah - Yonah. Paris [or Geneva]: Robert Estienne, 1556.	This was published as a single title and not part of a complete set. Title page differs from that of Estienne’s 1539-1543 ed.
חמשה חומשי תורה עם חמש מגילות והפטרות	Hamishah humshe Torah.Sabbioneta: Tobias Foa, 1557?	Printing details conjectural.
תהילים עם פירוש ר׳ דוד קמחי	David Kimhi. Tehilim im perush rabbenu David Kimhi. Cremona: Vincenzo Conti, 1561.	Lacks title-page and first 17 leaves.
תהלים	Martinus Henricus Saganensis. [Sefer] Tehilim. Wittenberg: Johan Crato, 1566. Latin title: Psalterium, recens editum editum ac diligent- issime correctum . . . per M. Hieronymus Opitium	Complete; in excellent condition.
תורה נביאים וכתובים	Torah Neviʼim u-Khetuvim. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1566. .	In near fine condition. Binding gives mistaken date of 1526. In 2 volumes: Vol. 1 Genesis – Kings Vol. 2 Isaiah – Chronicles
תורה נביאים וכתובים	Torah Neviʼim u-Khetuvim. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1566. In 1 volume	No title-page; otherwise complete in 1 volume. Marginalia in many languages, including Russian, English, and Hebrew.
חמשה חומשי תורה וחמש מגלות . . . וההפטרות כמנהג ק״ק אשכנז והספרדים והלועזים	Rashi and David Kimhi. Hamishah humshe Torah. Cremona: Vincenzo Conti, 1566-1567. Hamishah humshe Torah - Haftarot (part 2) - Megilot (part 3)	Two parts of what was originally a single volume made up of three separately numbered parts. LOC lacks Part I (the Torah, 187 ff.). Each of the two parts in LOC separately bound in different bindings.
חמשה חומשי תורה	Rashi, Hezekiah ben Manoah and Jacob ben Asher. Hamishah humshe Torah. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1567. Title on binding: חזקוני תורה	Folio. lacks opening title-page and first few leaves; extant text begins with Genesis 3 and is in poor condition. Binding incorrectly dated “1524” – but this is the 1567 ed, with comm. of “Bacal ha-turim” and dated title-page for Haftarot).
חומש עם תרגום והפטרות מכל השנה כמנהג הספרדים	Homesh im tirgum ve-haftarot mi-kol ha-shanah ke-minhag ha-sefardim. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1567	Binding has “Sabbioneta” stamped on it and inside is a handwritten note suggesting date of 1557 – but this is the 1567 ed.
מקראות גדולות	Rashi and Abraham ibn Ezra. Mikra’ot gedolot. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1568. Latin title: Biblia Magna Rabbinica - Ketuvim (complete) - Separately foliated fragment of 2nd copy of Ketuvim following Divre ha-Yamim (fol. 925b): מערכת אות האלף ־ אות התיו (fols. 1-64) חילופי קריאה (fol. 65a-b) שער הנגינות (fol. 66a)	Complete copy of Ketuvim in good condition. Both the complete copy of Ketuvim and the fragment from the end of Ketuvim are housed in [separate] Conservation boxes. Elephant folio.
חמשה חומשי תורה	Hamishah humshe Torah. Antwerp: Christophor Plantin, 1573. On binding: Tes Kaines Diathekes, Antwerp 1573	Unvocalized Hebrew text with separate Greek translation.Near fine condition.
חמשה חומשי תורה	Hamishah humshe Torah. Antwerp: Christophor Plantin, 1573.	Miniature edition with unvocalized Hebrew text. In very good condition with full leather binding and working brass clasps. Lacks title-page; otherwise complete, with colophon on fol. 352. 16⁰.
דיתיקא חדתא	Ditiḳa Ḥadata. Antwerp: Christophor Plantin, 1575. English title: New Testament, Syriac.	Copy 1: complete; in excellent condition. Bound in vellum. 16⁰.. Copy 2: title-page in manuscript.
הפטרות אלו יסדנום כמנהג ק״ק ספרדים ואשכנזים	Hafṭarot elu yesadnum ke-minhag ḳ.ḳ. Sefaradim ṿe-Ashkenazim. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1579/1580.	No title-page; colophon has date and name of printer. No printing information on binding.
תורה נביאים וכתובים	Torah Neviʼim u-Khetuvim. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1580-1582. In 1 volume	Complete; in excellent condition. Apparently a reprint of 1566 ed.
תורה נביאים וכתובים	With interlinear Latin trans. and New Testament in Greek. Torah Neviʼim u-Khetuvim. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1584. Latin title: Biblia Ebraea	Large folio; complete and in fine condition. Housed in Conservation box.
דרך הקודש: תורה נביאים וכתובים	Elias Hutterus, ed.. Derekh ha-kodesh: Torah Neviʼim u-Khetuvim. Hamburg: Johann Saxo, 1587 (LOC has the ed. re-issued in Cologne,1603). Copy 1: Complete, in 1 volume. Copy 2: Incomplete, in 2 separately bound volumes: - Ketuvim (Psalms-Chron.) Stamped on binding: 4 Psalms-Chronicles, Nurnburg 1599 - Nevi’im Rishonim (Joshua–Kings) Stamped on binding: 2 Joshua-Kings, Nurnburg, 1599 Latin title: Biblia Ebraea	Copy 1: Uncatalogued. Complete and in excellent condition. The binding is stamped: דרך הקודש / Biblia Sacra, but the correct Latin title, as printed on the title-page, is Biblia Ebraea Elephant folio.. Copy 2: incomplete, in 2 vols. Elephant folio. These have Nurnburg 1599 on the binding, but are correctly catalogued as BS715 1587 Hebr, the reprint from Cologne, 1603. Ketuvim is complete and in good condition. Nevi’im Rishonim lacks title-page and begins from fol. 424 (2nd page of Joshua). Note: The lovely title-page in From the Ends of the Earth is not right at the beginning of the book.)
חמשה חומשי תורה	Hamishah humshe Torah. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1590-1591.	Contains the Pentateuch alone (ends on fol. 655b), without the other texts published with it: Megilot, Haftarot; Tirgum Sheni and Toldot Aharon (this last section held by LOC, bound as a separate title). Title page significantly damaged.
תורה נביאים וכתובים	Rashi. Torah Neviʼim u-Khetuvim. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1595. - Torah, Megilot, Nevi’im Rishonim Stamped on binding: 1. Genesis – Kings, Venice 1595 - Nevi’im Ahronim and Ketuvim Stamped on binding: 2 Isaiah Chronicles, Venice 1595	First title-page badly torn; other title-pages intact.
Biblia Sacra. Nuremberg Polyglot Bible; Hutter’s Polyglot Bible	Elias Hutterus, ed. . Biblia Sacra. Noribergae [Nuremberg], 1599.	Note: text for Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges and Ruth – the only books printed in this edition. Texts in: Hebrew, Chaldaic, German, Greek, Latin, Italian.

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