Roger makes a good point.
In this case, I initiated the discussion because I need to cite Isaac Metz''s catalog of the David Oppenheim collection and use Latin characters instead of Hebrew characters. I suppose I could have avoided the whole thing by using the Latin title page title "Collectio Davidis", but aren't discussions like these on the finer points of romanization what make our jobs interesting?
Heidi
At 10:43 AM 11/5/2004 -0500, you wrote:
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It may be because the book of Kohelet starts with "Kohelet ben David..." while "Kehilat" is not associated in Jewish tradition with David, but with Jacob, Deut. 33,4.
I assume that the work, "Kohelet David," may be a commentary on Kohelet. So, it would make sense for a David Sintzheim to call his book, the "David's Kohelet" ...
Shabbat Shalom,
- r.
Roger Kohn
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/5/2004 6:06:32 AM >>> Dear group,
I was intrigued by Heidi's query about the Oppenheimer Catalogue, which I have always known and cited as Kohelet David. Encyclopedia Judaica and Brisman have "Kohelet David". Zunz, Zur Geschichte und Literatur, 1845, mentions only the Latin title. The added title page does NOT mention "Kohelet David", I have looked it up. There must be some bibliographic tradition of calling it Kohelet David rather than Kehilat David...
Silke Schaeper
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