Research Catalog

Textual transmission in contemporary Jewish cultures

Title
Textual transmission in contemporary Jewish cultures / guest editor: Avriel Bar-Levav ; editor: Uzi Rebhun ; the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Publication
  • New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
  • ©2020

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.

TextUse in library JFE 21-2980Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

Details

Additional Authors
  • Bar-Levav, Avriel
  • Rebhun, Uzi
  • Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu ʻa. sh. Avraham Harman.
Description
xiv, 345 pages ; New York : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm.
Summary
Jewish culture places a great deal of emphasis on texts and their means of transmission. At various points in Jewish history, the primary mode of transmission has changed in response to political, geographical, technological, and cultural shifts. Contemporary textual transmission in Jewish culture has been influenced by secularization, the return to Hebrew and the emergence of modern Yiddish, and the new centers of Jewish life in the United States and in Israel, as well as by advancements in print technology and the invention of the Internet. Volume XXXI of Studies in Contemporary Jewry deals with various aspects of textual transmission in Jewish culture in the last two centuries. 0Essays in this volume examine old and new kinds of media and their meanings; new modes of transmission in fields such as Jewish music; and the struggle to continue transmitting texts under difficult political circumstances. Two essays analyze textual transmission in the works of giants of modern Jewish literature: S.Y. Agnon, in Hebrew, and Isaac Bashevis Singer, in Yiddish. Other essays discuss paratexts in the East, print cultures in the West, and the organization of knowledge in libraries and encyclopedias.
Series Statement
Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 31
Uniform Title
Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 31.
Subject
  • Jews > Intellectual life
  • Transmission of texts
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JFE 21-2980
ISBN
  • 9780197516485
  • 0197516483
OCLC
1133277652
Title
Textual transmission in contemporary Jewish cultures / guest editor: Avriel Bar-Levav ; editor: Uzi Rebhun ; the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 31
Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 31.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Bar-Levav, Avriel, editor.
Rebhun, Uzi, editor.
Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu ʻa. sh. Avraham Harman.
Research Call Number
JFE 21-2980
View in Legacy Catalog