Meaning of biobibliography | Babel Free

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A bibliography that also contains a short biography of the authors

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“In his Shem Hagedolim, one of the first bio-bibliographies of Hebrew books and authors, he writes in the section on Rabbis that Rabbeinu Tzidkiyah wrote Shibolei Haleket. He explains that he saw⟳ Part II of this work⟳ in a manuscript and it contains many responsa of Rashi. In one of them, it says that Rashi was sick and did not have⟳ the strength to write⟳ and he called his daughter וקרא לבתו to write⟳ down that responsum.”

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