Jewish Languages and Book Culture

Name: Jewish Languages and Book Culture
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SKU: 9781851246328
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From Cairo Genizah to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, the spread of books in Jewish vernacular languages and Hebrew characters offers us an extraordinary insight into the linguistic richness of Jewish life. For over two millennia, Jewish communities have used languages other than Hebrew... Read More

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Jewish Languages and Book Culture

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A collection of essays examining the spread of books in Jewish vernacular languages and Hebrew characters, offering an extraordinary insight into the linguistic richness of Jewish life.

Description

For over two millennia, Jewish communities have used languages other than Hebrew for daily oral communication, including Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-French, Judeo-Italian, Yiddish and Ladino. They used the Hebrew alphabet to write these languages down and developed sophisticated systems to transmit texts in them. Many of these vernacular languages became also languages of book culture. Produced and sold cheaply, using the tools of the book cultures of host societies, these publications reached a wide audience.

The Bodleian Libraries' collections host an unparalleled collection of texts in Judeo-languages, giving us a picture of the works created and of the specific ways in which they were produced and communicated. Since some of the languages are now extinct or moribund, these manuscripts and books are also important testimonies to cultures that are no more. Generously illustrated and ranging in time from the Middle Ages to the Emancipation, this collection of essays showcases important hallmarks in the intellectual and social history of the Jews.

Jewish Languages and Book Culture offers a detailed exploration of these themes, presenting a comprehensive picture of Jewish literary history across various regions and time periods.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781851246328

Publisher: Bodleian Library

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 July 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bodleian Library

Illustration: 86 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Edited by Cesar Merchan-Hamann
Edited by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger
Contributions by Daniel Abrams
Contributions by Esperanza Alfonso
Contributions by Jean Baumgarten
Contributions by Oren Cohen Roman
Contributions by Shlomi Efrati
Contributions by Sandra Hajek
Contributions by Martina Mampieri

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 237.0mm

Height: 259.0mm

Weight: 1438g

Pages: 256

Collections

Education & Reference Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality

About the Author

Judith Olszowy-Schlanger is President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger is President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford.