{"product_id":"jewish-manuscript-cultures-irina-wandrey-9783110546392","title":"Jewish Manuscript Cultures: New Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eHebrew 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe case studies assembled in this volume explore various fields of research on Hebrew manuscripts. They show paradigmatically the current developments concerning codicology and palaeography, book forms like the scroll and codex, scribes and their writing material, patrons, collectors and censors, manuscript and book collections, illuminations and fragments, and, last but not least, new methods of material analysis applied to manuscripts. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe principal focus of this volume is the material and intellectual history of Hebrew book cultures from antiquity to the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period, its intention being to heighten and sharpen the reader's understanding of Jewish social and cultural history in general. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Irina Wandrey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110546396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110546392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Irina Wandrey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44138674913535,"sku":"9783110546392","price":175.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d128bf3e-7a65-4db7-8d28-c6ba4b562c60.jpg?v=1687900938","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jewish-manuscript-cultures-irina-wandrey-9783110546392","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}