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28. Sefer HaMagid
This work (housed in three volumes) is a translation of the Hebrew Bible into Yiddish by Yaakov ben Yitschak. It includes the Hebrew text, a Yiddish translation, and a paraphrase of Rashi’s commentary on all the Hebrew Scriptures apart from the Torah (image 3, below, is from the beginning of the book of Joshua). This work was first printed in Lublin in the 1620s, and a later printing was made in Prague—this is the 1692 Prague edition. This particular volume has several annotations, including a note indicating one owner or reader, Yaakov bar Gedaliah, from Lublin (see image 2, below). On the binding, you can also see the remains of metal clasps.
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28. Sefer HaMagid,
Marsh's Library Exhibits,
accessed April 19, 2024,
https://www.marshlibrary.ie/digi/items/show/552