Kuntress Hateshuvot Hehadash: A Bibliographic Thesaurus of Responsa Literature published from ca. 1470-2000, Vols. I & II

This book is a complete bibliography of the responsa literature from the end of the fifteenth century up to year 2000. It is based on Prof. Boaz Cohen’s pioneering work, Kuntress ha-Teshuvot (Budapest 1930) as well as on the additions published by Rabbi Solomon Freehof in 1961. With the help of computerized catalogs, thousands of titles were added that escaped Cohen and Freehof. It opens with a thorough introduction to the responsa literature. The third volume (?-?)will appear in 2008 and will contain detailed indices of names, cities and more.