"Undoubtedly one of the most fascinating areas of Judaic research, Jewish manuscripts has experienced a remarkable renaissance. What the field has largely lacked, however, are professional publications to bring together researchers who, albeit in different specialist areas (history, philosophy, Kabbalah, bibliography, art history, comparative manuscript studies, paleography and codicology), all deal variously with Hebrew manuscripts." "The authors of the eight collected articles show the perspectives and the possibilities of such a discourse based on Jewish manuscripts within Judaic Studies; moreover numerous tie-ins with disciplines relating to general medieval and early modern history and culture can be developed."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Authors: Yôsēf Dān, Joseph Dan, Klaus Herrmann, Johanna Hoornweg, Manuela Petzoldt
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
"Undoubtedly one of the most fascinating areas of Judaic research, Jewish manuscripts has experienced a remarkable renaissance. What the field has largely lacked, however, are professional publications to bring together researchers who, albeit in different specialist areas (history, philosophy, Kabbalah, bibliography, art history, comparative manuscript studies, paleography and codicology), all
Authors: Peter Schèafer, Klaus Herrmann, Margarete Schlèuter, Giuseppe Veltri
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-01-01 - Publisher: BRILL
Peter Schafer, Professor and Director of the Institute for Judaic Studies at the Free University Berlin as well as Professor of Religion and Ronald O. Perelman Professor for Jewish Studies at Princeton University, celebrated his 60th birthday on 29 June 2003. In honor of this occasion 23 of his students
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-12-18 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Hebrew manuscripts are considered to be invaluable documents and artefacts of Jewish culture and history. Research on Hebrew manuscript culture is progressing rapidly and therefore its topics, methods and questions need to be enunciated and reflected upon. The case studies assembled in this volume explore various fields of research on
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-06-30 - Publisher: BRILL
The publication of this new edition of Elias Bickerman's acclaimed Studies in Jewish and Christian History along with his famous book, The God of the Maccabees, brings Bickerman's central studies on ancient Judaism and early Christianity to a new generation of students and scholars.
Authors: Désirée Cappa, James Christie, Lorenza Gay, Hanna Gentili, Finn Schulze-Feldmann
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-01-15 - Publisher: Vernon Press
This collection of essays contributes to the growing field of ‘encounter studies’ within the domain of cultural history. The strength of this work is the multi- and interdisciplinary approach, with papers on a broad range of historical times, places, and subjects. While each essay makes a valuable and original contribution