Apie Lietuvos žydų knygą: bibliografiniai šaltiniai

LTNepaisant šlovingos Lietuvos žydų kultūros ir turtingos knygos bei knygų spausdinimo istorijos, bibliografinių šaltinių, skirtų būtent Lietuvos žydų kny gai, yra nedaug Būtų galima išskirti tris grupes šaltinių, kuriuose yra reikalingos bibliografinės informacijos: ne bibliografinio pobūdžio leidiniai, turintys duomenų apie žydų literatūrą ir knygų spausdinimą; bibliografijos ir literatūros rodyklės, kuriose aptinkama medžiagos apie Lietuvą, teminės rodyklės, skirtos Lietuvos žydų knygai [p. 66].

ENThe article deals with the study and bibliographic description of Jewish books published in Lithuania. The author points out the difficulties in studying sub-culture of litvaks (i.e., Jews of Lithuania), who were almost annihilated during World War II leaving no continuity and live representation of their culture. Only the written sources are left with the book taking one of the most important positions. The books of the Jews of Lithuania were written in two commonly used languages, Hebrew and Yiddish. The article concentrates on the bibliographic sources referring to Hebrew books printed in Lithuania from the end of the 1811' century on. Their bibliographic records are no undergoing electronic re-cataloguing in order to publish the bibliography. The sources of three kinds are relevant for studying the books of Lithuania’s Jews: works on history of Lithuanian Jewry and history of literature containing bibliographic data; general bibliographies of Jewish books containing descriptions of the books printed in Lithuania; and subject bibliographies of Lithuania’s Jewish authors. The first group of bibliographic sources is represented by the works of Samuel Joseph Finn ("The Truthful City”, 1860), I Hillel Noah Maggid (“The City of Vilnius”, 1900) and Zalman Reisen (“Lexicon of Jewish Literature, Press, and Philology”, 1926-1929). Two important bibliographies falls within the second group; Isaak-Aisik Benjacob’s “The Book Treasure” (1880) and Bernard Friedberg’s “The Library” (1928-1931), as well as the catalog of personal book collection of Vilnius Jewish philanthropist and bibliophile Mattityahu Strashun, published in 1899. Within the third group of bibliographic sources the author analyses such works, as Jacob Dienstag’s “Bibliographic List of our Teacher Rabbi Elijah from Vilnius” (1949), Jesajah Vinograd’s “The Treasure of Hebrew Book” (1993) and V. Birzhishka’s “Bibliographic Notes” (1929 1939).