1) State Archive of Modena, Materie, Ebrei, Folder # 15.

1614 – Report by Camillo Yaghel da Correggio: Rules for the expurgation of the Hebrew Books

1. Firstly there is a need to consider the general rules made by the Indexes recently published by the Saint Congregation of His Holiness Clement VIII and the particular rules written therein under the points I and M.

2. One must take into consideration the brief of His Holiness Pope Julius II, which is a small book giving the main objections of the Sacred Palace against the Hebrew books.

3. One must take into consideration the documents by His Holiness Gregory XIII and that by His Holiness Clement VIII which on this issue conclude and prescribe.

4. One must take into consideration the editions, the authors, and the time of publication and that is sufficient until a new Index or order by His Holiness or the Sacred Congregation in Rome will be published.

2) Ibidem, Errors in some Hebrew books

Report # 44

In the book called Rashi on the Torah the underwritten things are said.

Genesis, first chapter says: it says that God asked the angels’ advice when He wanted to create man.

Chapter 28, it says that God asked for forgiveness “because I have diminished the moon.”

Report # 46

In the book called Biur on the Torah by Sforno are the underwritten things:

f. 87 says that the Christian rules are false and the impious’ souls are made of devils and demons, and that Adam created devils and demons in the thirty years while He was estranged from God.

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