Comments on: Books by William Wickes

By: Lion of Zion

Lion of Zion — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:09:06 +0000

“the photograph that is found in Wickes’s book”

it was also published by cyrus adler a little later in 1895

“will receive deserved recognition”

his work on trop has been duly recognized in the hebrew literature on the subject

By: Victor Tunkel

Victor Tunkel — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:49:42 +0000

I note your interest in William Wickes. Nothing about him outside his two books was known until my short biography of him in my recent book The Music of the Hebrew Bible and the Western Ashkenazic Chant Tradition:
ISBN 09531104 8 6

I have found out just about all there is to know of him, in the hope that his remarkable achievement in ‘decoding’ the ta’amei hamikra and his close study and comparison of all the known codices will receive deserved recognition. He had none in his lifetime.

By: ephraim

ephraim — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:48:26 +0000

Both books are available from Ktav in a single volume.

By: Menachem Mendel

Menachem Mendel — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:23:17 +0000

At the website on the Aleppo Codex they mention the photograph that is found in Wickes’s book.

By: S.

S. — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:36:25 +0000

In Aron Dotan’s introduction to the Ktav reissue of Wickes’, he takes Arthur Davis to task for liberally ripping Wickes off, without really mentioning him (IIRC he considers the subtitle “With a new introduction” an allusion to Wickes, as if to justify this new book).

Re the Aleppo Codex in Wickes, note that it contains a facsimile of a leaf before the title page which is now missing.