The present work includes all of Prof. Scholem’s card indexes, which were copied meticulously by Adam Verite. The material was transcribed as it appeared without unification of spelling. The internal references from one index to another were transcribed as they appeared in the original card indexes. The list of geographical place names, wherever identification was positive, contains the current names based on maps and other relevant materials.
Since Emden’s works are hard to get by, in particular the manuscripts and editions employed by Scholem, The Hebrew University Magnes Press, in cooperation with the National Library in Jerusalem, has scanned these works and made them available on a CD-ROM that may be ordered directly from the Hebrew University Magnes Press.
The initiative for this project was taken by the Gershom Scholem Library and the head librarian, Dr. Esther Liebes, who was involved in all phases of the production of the book