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Daniel Bomberg (died 1549) was an early printer
Printer (publisher)

A printer is a company that provides commercial printing services, often also offering typesetting and book-binding services. The term can also refer to people who operate printing presses, or who run printing companies....
 of Hebrew language
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 book
Book

A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side....
s. Christian, born in Antwerp
Antwerp

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, he was primarily active in Venice
Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
 between 1516 and 1549.

He produced the editio princeps
Editio princeps

In classical scholarship, editio princeps is a term of art. It means, roughly, the first printed edition of a work, that previously had existed only in manuscripts, which were therefore circulated only after being copied by hand....
 of the Mikraot Gedolot
Mikraot Gedolot

Mikraot Gedolot , often called the "Rabbinic literature Bible" in English, is anedition of Tanakh that generally includes four distinct elements:...
, the Rabbinic Bible, consisting of the Hebrew text plus rabbinical commentaries
Rabbinic literature

Rabbinic literature, in its broadest sense, can mean the entire spectrum of rabbinic writings throughout Judaism history. But the term often refers specifically to literature from the Talmudic era, as opposed to medieval and modern rabbinic writing, and thus corresponds with the Hebrew language term Sifrut Hazal ....
, between 1516 and 1517, and the first and oldest complete set of the Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
, between 1520 and 1523, a well-preserved copy of which is contained in the Valmadonna Trust Library
Valmadonna Trust Library

The Valmadonna Trust Library is a collection of 13,000 books and manuscripts printed and handwritten in Hebrew or in Hebrew script, primarily collected by Jack V....
.

Bomberg found a ready audience among the Jews of Italy
History of the Jews in Italy

Jews have been present in Italy from the Roman period until today....
, whose numbers had been swelled by exiles from Spain and Portugal.






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Daniel Bomberg (died 1549) was an early printer
Printer (publisher)

A printer is a company that provides commercial printing services, often also offering typesetting and book-binding services. The term can also refer to people who operate printing presses, or who run printing companies....
 of Hebrew language
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 book
Book

A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side....
s. Christian, born in Antwerp
Antwerp

||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions....
, he was primarily active in Venice
Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
 between 1516 and 1549.

He produced the editio princeps
Editio princeps

In classical scholarship, editio princeps is a term of art. It means, roughly, the first printed edition of a work, that previously had existed only in manuscripts, which were therefore circulated only after being copied by hand....
 of the Mikraot Gedolot
Mikraot Gedolot

Mikraot Gedolot , often called the "Rabbinic literature Bible" in English, is anedition of Tanakh that generally includes four distinct elements:...
, the Rabbinic Bible, consisting of the Hebrew text plus rabbinical commentaries
Rabbinic literature

Rabbinic literature, in its broadest sense, can mean the entire spectrum of rabbinic writings throughout Judaism history. But the term often refers specifically to literature from the Talmudic era, as opposed to medieval and modern rabbinic writing, and thus corresponds with the Hebrew language term Sifrut Hazal ....
, between 1516 and 1517, and the first and oldest complete set of the Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
, between 1520 and 1523, a well-preserved copy of which is contained in the Valmadonna Trust Library
Valmadonna Trust Library

The Valmadonna Trust Library is a collection of 13,000 books and manuscripts printed and handwritten in Hebrew or in Hebrew script, primarily collected by Jack V....
.

Bomberg found a ready audience among the Jews of Italy
History of the Jews in Italy

Jews have been present in Italy from the Roman period until today....
, whose numbers had been swelled by exiles from Spain and Portugal. Bomberg's presses eventually produced some 230 Hebrew books, and his innovations in Hebrew typography
Typography

Typography is the art and techniques of typesetting, type design, and modifying type glyphs. Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety of illustration techniques....
 set the standard for later printers.

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