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JE W I SH BOOK A N N U A L
okee and more than a score o f o the r major and m inor languages
and dialects — Bibles p rin ted from all over the world almost
from the inception o f printing. T h e re are Bibles in Latin from
the time o f Cromwell, Bibles p rin ted in French from long before
the dawning o f the revolution. Scattered among the Bibles,
many o f which date from the sixteenth century, are a Latin
Bible prin ted in double columns from 1510, the Bomberg rab
binic Bible p rin ted in Venice, dated 1524-5, the Baskett folio
Bible with titles in red and black and ru led th roughou t in red ,
prin ted in London in 1753, among many o the r comparable
works. Among the oversized editions stands a large folio o f
O rigen ’s
Hexapla,
with the Bible in six parallel columns, each
a translation into a d iffe ren t language.
Th e Maslan collection is the p roduc t o f one collector, Dr.
Benjamin Maslan o f Seattle, Washington. T h roughou t his life
Dr. Maslan compiled an eclectic collection, including both He
brew Bibles and New Testaments, as well as some hymnals and
Psalmodies.
BROAD SCOPE
As the library’s budget grew, so did the range o f holdings.
Dr. Shub decided early on that the library would not restrict
itself to Judaica. Dr. Shub began to o rde r books in the hum an
ities. Almost from its inception, patrons o f the Ostrow library
were able to Find a high toned bestseller on the shelves as well
as the latest work in rabbinic thought.
With all o f the helpful donations, the demands o f fund ing
a Judaica library were still great. Those demands grew with
the beginning o f the Lee College in 1982. Dr. Shub’s original
plan was to have a library which included secular subjects. This
p rogram greatly facilitated the found ing o f the College, and
the plan was now substantially expanded due to the College’s
needs. A full unde rg radua te school requires a library adequate
to suppo rt a fou r year college offering degrees in Psychology,
Business, Judaic studies, L iterature and Business. Collections
in all these areas have grown apace. O f late in o rd e r to keep
up with exploding publications in these fields, the library has
au tom ated acquisitions and has taken on a vendor, providing
him with an extensive profile o f ou r growing needs.
We were particularly fo r tuna te to be the recipients o f a gen