The Jewish Bible (eBook)

A Material History

David Stern (Autor)

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2017
320 Seiten
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
9780295741499 (ISBN)

Infos

In The Jewish Bible: A Material History, David Stern explores the Jewish Bible as a material objectthe Bibles that Jews have actually held in their handsfrom its beginnings in the Ancient Near Eastern world through to the Middle Ages to the present moment. Drawing on the most recent scholarship on the history of the book, Stern shows how the Bible has been not only a medium for transmitting its textthe word of Godbut a physical object with a meaning of its own. That meaning has changed, as the material shape of the Bible has changed, from scroll to codex, and from manuscript to printed book. By tracing the material form of the Torah, Stern demonstrates how the process of these transformations echo the cultural, political, intellectual, religious, and geographic changes of the Jewish community. With tremendous historical range and breadth, this book offers a fresh approach to understanding the Bibles place and significance in Jewish culture.

Autor

lt;P>David Stern is Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish and Hebrew Literature at Harvard University. He is the author and editor of thirteen books, including Parables in Midrash, Rabbinic Fantasies, The Washington Haggadah, and The Monk’s Haggadah.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.1.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies
• Verlagsort: Seattle
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: bible translations • cultural documents • Hebrew Bible • Jewish History and Culture • Judaism as national identity • monotheistic religions • Torah
• ISBN-13: 9780295741499 / 9780295741499