Venetian secularism
The very first printed versions of the Talmud and the Quran were produced in Venice.
The very first printed versions of the Talmud and the Quran were produced in Venice. The Talmud was printed in 1520 by Daniel Bomberg,[1][2] while the Quran was printed in either 1537 or 1538[3] by Paganino Paganini and his son, Alessandro.[4][5]
This was a result of the Renaissance ideals held by the Venetians during that period, with both printers carrying out these tasks in search of a deeper understanding of the roots of Christianity.
A Christian scholar interested in Hebrew texts, contrary to what his surname might suggest; https://jewishpubliclibrary.org/maḥzor-bnei-roma/. ↩︎
And only discovered in 1987. ↩︎
This publication never seemed to have reached the Islamic world, and authorised printed editions of the Quran did not appear until the late 18th century in St Petersburg. ↩︎
