\n<\/b>Published: 1765, New York <\/span><\/p>\n
The Pinto Siddur<\/a> is the first Jewish prayer book printed in North America. It contains the daily and Shabbat liturgy, as well as <\/span>Minhag <\/span><\/i>(prayer order) specifically for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Though the text draws on and translates the traditions of Portuguese and Spanish Jews who had immigrated from Brazil to the English colonies, it largely resembles present-day liturgy. Translated and prefaced by Isaac Pinto, the volume was conceived with \u201cHope that it will tend to the Improvement of many of my Brethren in their Devotion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The final leaf includes an inscription: Hymns written for the service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim<\/b> Hymns written for the dedication of the Sephardi synagogue Beth Elohim in Charleston<\/a>, South Carolina. Founded in 1749, Kahal Kodesh Beth Elohim is one of the oldest Jewish congregations in the United States and is an operational synagogue in Charleston today. Before 1830, the synagogue followed Spanish and Portuguese Jewish liturgical traditions before adopting European Reform traditions and publishing the first Reform <\/span>siddur <\/span><\/i>(prayer book) in America.<\/span><\/p>\n Seder tefiloth Seder tefiloth<\/a>, literally meaning order of prayers, is a Jewish prayer book including the daily, Sabbath, and festival order of prayers according to the Sephardic Rite. Printed at the Yosef Elias Press in Amsterdam, the volume is bound in tortoise shell – Sephardi merchants played a large role in the tortoise shell trade from the Caribbean.<\/span><\/p>\n Further Recommendations Biblioteca Espanola Per the volume’s<\/a>\u00a0“Prologue”: A history of the literature of Spanish rabbinic writers beginning in the 11th century, including commentaries and essays on the Talmud, philosophy, law, medicine, and other major topical areas. The included writers were considered the premiere, most important members of their society, as they were the most learned and partook in noble studies. The writers are organized chronologically, then followed by writers of <\/span>una edad incierta<\/span><\/i> (an uncertain age), meaning of an unknown time period beginning on page 613. <\/span><\/p>\n Curiously, this volume was compiled and published nearly three hundred years after the expulsion of Jews from Spain during the Inquisition. The implication of the publication, therefore, is some long-standing interest in documenting the religious and philosophical history of Spain, most likely through a Catholic lens.<\/span><\/p>\n Polyglot Bibles Biblia Sacra Polyglotta – Walton\u2019s Polyglot<\/a> Biblia Sacra Polyglotta<\/a> Sefr Uklidos One of the few early modern Hebrew books of mathematics, Sefr Uklidos<\/a> is a Hebrew translation of Euclid\u2019s <\/span>Elements of Geometry<\/span><\/i>. <\/span>Elements <\/span><\/i>is considered one of if not the most successful and influential textbook ever written, and until the 20th century, nearly all educated people had read the text as part of their formal education. This edition includes three fold-out leaves with geometric figures labeled in Hebrew at the conclusion of the volume. The John Hay Library has many editions of Euclid\u2019s <\/span>Elements<\/span><\/i>, including editions with pop-up geometric paper figures, in its History of Science Collection.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>\u201cMary Ann Hallett Wife of James Hallett; Light is the Shadow of God, Truth is his substance. God is just. God so Loved the World that he gave(?) his only begotten for the End that all that believe in him should not Perish but have Everlasting Life.”<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPublished: 1842, Charleston, South Carolina<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Preface](\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/pinto-1.jpg\")
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Title page of Hymns for Beth Elohim<\/span><\/a><\/div>![\"Hymns](\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/hymns.jpg\")
Hymns for Beth Elohim<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/b>Published: 1658, Amsterdam<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Sephardic-American Voices: Two Hundred Years of a Literary Legacy<\/a><\/span><\/i> is an anthology of Sephardic American poets, essayists, and short story writers available at the John Hay Library. <\/span><\/p>\nHebrew and Jewish Texts in Europe<\/b><\/h3>\n
\n<\/b>Published: 1781, Madrid<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>A polyglot Bible an edition of the Bible in which multiple translations of the text in various languages (often English, Hebrew, Latin, German, and Italian) are arranged in parallel columns. The design was incredibly complicated to arrange in printing presses, but it allows scholars to compare ancient and modern versions. Among the most comprehensive is the London Polyglot, compiled by Brian Walton, which assembled six volumes in nine languages: Hebrew, Samaritan, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, Ethiopic, Syriac, Arabic, and Persian. <\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Published: 1657, London<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Published: 1831, London<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Leaf](\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/polyglot-3.jpg\")
Leaf from Polyglot Bible depicting nine translations of one portion of the Torah<\/span><\/a><\/div>![\"Leaf](\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/polyglot-4.jpg\")
Leaf of Polyglot Bible depicting four translations of a portion of the Torah<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>Hebrew and the History of Science:\u00a0<\/b>Early-Modern Hebrew Astronomical and Mathematical Texts<\/b><\/h3>\n
\n<\/b>Published: 1780, Amsterdam<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Fold-out](\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/euclids-2.jpg\")
Fold-out illustrations of geometric figures in a Hebrew edition of Euclid\u2019s Elements<\/span><\/a><\/div>![\"Fold-out](\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/euclids-3.jpg\")
Fold-out illustrations of geometric figures in a Hebrew edition of Euclid\u2019s Elements<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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