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ISBN:
Category : Jewish libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: Harvard College Library. Judaica Department
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Library
ISBN:
Category : Cataloging of Jewish literature
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Author: David B. Levy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780359879809
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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Contents: The importance of Judaica Genealogical Research as a subdiscipline of Judaica Librarianship: Methods, Strategies, and ancient genealogical archives to serve in the Ma'amadot; Censorship of Rambam's Sefer HaMadah and Moreh Nevukhim (for external censorship for instance of Talmudim; The Making of the JE (1901=1906) and EJ (1972); Rabbinic Reverence, Love, and Cherishing of Texts: People of the Books; Ethics, Politics, Hermeneutics, and Theology of Hebraica Translations: Is the Library of Tower of Babel?; Reel Librarians: The Image and stereotype of the librarian and Jewish librarian in Film, TV, and literature.

Author: Rebecca Abrams
Publisher: Bodleian Library
ISBN: 9781851245024
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Representing four centuries of collecting and 1000 years of Jewish history, this book brings together extraordinary Hebrew manuscripts and rare books from the Bodleian Library and Oxford colleges. Highlights of the collections include a fragment of Maimonides' autograph draft of the Mishneh Torah; the earliest dated fragment of the Talmud, exquisitely illuminated manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible; stunning festival prayerbooks and one of the oldest surviving Jewish seals in England. Lavishly illustrated essays by experts in the field bring to life the outstanding works contained in the collections, as well as the personalities and diverse motivations of their original collectors, who include Archbishop William Laud, John Selden, Edward Pococke, Robert Huntington, Venetian Jesuit Matteo Canonici, Benjamin Kennicott and Rabbi David Oppenheim. Saved for posterity by religious scholarship, intellectual rivalry and political ambition, these extraordinary collections also detail the consumption and circulation of knowledge across the centuries, forming a social and cultural history of objects moved across borders, from person to person. Together, they offer a fascinating journey through Jewish intellectual and social history from the tenth to the twentieth century.

Author: Charles Berlin
Publisher:
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Category : Jewish libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Author: David H. Elazar
Publisher: Jason Aronson
ISBN: 9780765759832
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Author: Charles Cutter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313053332
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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A recipient of the Outstanding Reference Award from the Association of Jewish Librarians in its earlier edition, this updated edition of Judaica Reference Sources maintains its editorial excellence while revising and expanding coverage for the new century. Virtually every aspect of Jewish life, knowledge, history, culture, religion, and contemporary issues is covered in this annotated, bibliographic guide. A critical collection development tool for college, university, public school, and synagogue libraries, Judaica Reference Sources provides entries for over 1,000 reference works, as well as a selective list of related Web sites, in English, French, German, Yiddish, and Hebrew. Works published since 1970 are emphasized. Unique in providing expert guidance to Judaica material for the librarian, the layperson, the student, and the researcher, this reference guide is a versatile tool that will fulfill your every need for Judaica material.

Author: Edith Lubetski
Publisher: Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Author: Joel ben Simeon
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674051173
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 249

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After the Bible, the Passover haggadah is the most widely read classic text in the Jewish tradition. More than four thousand editions have been published since the late fifteenth century, but few are as exquisite as the Washington Haggadah, which resides in the Library of Congress. Now, a stunning facsimile edition meticulously reproduced in full color brings this beautiful illuminated manuscript to a new generation. Joel ben Simeon, the creator of this unusually well-preserved codex, was among the most gifted and prolific scribe-artists in the history of the Jewish book. David Stern’s introduction reconstructs his professional biography and situates this masterwork within the historical development of the haggadah, tracing the different forms the text took in the Jewish centers of Europe at the dawn of modernity. Katrin Kogman-Appel shows how ben Simeon, more than just a copyist, was an active agent of cultural exchange. As he traveled between Jewish communities, he brought elements of Ashkenazi haggadah illustration to Italy and returned with stylistic devices acquired during his journeys. In addition to traditional Passover images, realistic illustrations of day-to-day life provide a rare window into the world of late fifteenth-century Europe. This edition faithfully preserves the original text, with the Hebrew facsimile appearing in the original right-to-left orientation. It will be read and treasured by anyone interested in Jewish history, medieval illuminated manuscripts, and the history of the haggadah.

Author: Joshua Teplitsky
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300234902
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334

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David Oppenheim (1664-1736), chief rabbi of Prague in the early eighteenth century, built an unparalleled collection of Jewish books and manuscripts, all of which have survived and are housed in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. His remarkable collection testifies to the myriad connections Jews maintained with each other across political borders, and the contacts between Christians and Jews that books facilitated. From contact with the great courts of European nobility to the poor of Jerusalem, his family ties brought him into networks of power, prestige, and opportunity that extended across Europe and the Mediterranean basin. Containing works of law and literature alongside prayer and poetry, his library served rabbinic scholars and communal leaders, introduced old books to new readers, and functioned as a unique source of personal authority that gained him fame throughout Jewish society and beyond. The story of his life and library brings together culture, commerce, and politics, all filtered through this extraordinary collection. Based on the careful reconstruction of an archive that is still visited by scholars today, Joshua Teplitsky's book offers a window into the social life of Jewish books in early modern Europe.--Publisher's website.