Обадиа, такой Обадиа
Ilona Steimann
A Good Book is an Old Book?
Hebrew Manu scripts and Prints in 16th-Century
Christian Book Collections
Already in the 15th century, aristocrats and princes were interested in Hebrew books. They acquired old and valuable Hebrew codices and commissioned skilled scribes to produce luxurious copies. The best examples of this phenomenon are manu scripts copied for the private library of the Medici in Florence by Isaac ben Obadiah, a Jewish convert to Christianity (Cf. Pasternak 2009, 156–164. Pasternak, Nurit (2009), ןיב שגפימל תויודע – הרשע-שמחה האמב הצנריפב םיירבע די-יבתכ :דוחלו דחיב הרוזנצה ,םינכרצה ,רפסה תכאלמ :םירצונל םידוהי (“Together and Apart: Hebrew Manuscripts as
Testimonies to Encounters of Jews and Christians in 15th-century Florence. The Makings, the Clients, Censorship”), Doctoral thesis, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Isaac ben Obadiah, a Jewish convert to Christianity -
Obadiah The vision of Obadiah Old Testament