Hebrew manuscripts are our most important source of knowledge about Jewish medieval life, and anyone wishing to engage with Jewish history needs to know about the manuscripts, how to study them, and their literary genres. Colette Sirat offers a comprehensive overview of these subjects in this illustrated introduction. The book is a re-structured, extended and updated version of an earlier presentation in French. It has been translated from the author's revision of her earlier French book, and edited for an English readership, by Hebrew scholar Nicholas de Lange.
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"...[a] very welcome and enormously valuable study... Superb prints and illustrations make this an especially attractive volume, as well as a superb introduction...a richly rewarding read." Religious Studies Review
"Sirat...is fully qualified to present to the scholarly community, students, and the general public something quite rare in Jewish Studies, a comprehensive, readable, and useful text that explores all facets of the world of medieval Hebrew manuscripts. From the mundane to the sublime, there is something for everyone--Hebraist and non-Hebraist alike--in these well-illustrated pages. In short we have an elegantly produced and superb introduction to the study of Hebrew manuscripts, their scribes, and their contents that will enlighten students and scholars alike... It is a book written by a master of the material with a sensitive eye and a sharp reed. It is a tribute to the book making craft and Cambridge University Press should be praised for its aesthetic production." H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
"Hebrew manuscripts are a window into Jewish intellectual, religious and everyday life in the Middle Ages, Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle Ages...by Colette Sirat, is the last word on this topic." Canadian Jewish News
"Sirat...is fully qualified to present to the scholarly community, students, and the general public something quite rare in Jewish Studies, a comprehensive, readable, and useful text that explores all facets of the world of medieval Hebrew manuscripts. From the mundane to the sublime, there is something for everyone--Hebraist and non-Hebraist alike--in these well-illustrated pages. In short we have an elegantly produced and superb introduction to the study of Hebrew manuscripts, their scribes, and their contents that will enlighten students and scholars alike... It is a book written by a master of the material with a sensitive eye and a sharp reed. It is a tribute to the book making craft and Cambridge University Press should be praised for its aesthetic production." H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
"Hebrew manuscripts are a window into Jewish intellectual, religious and everyday life in the Middle Ages, Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle Ages...by Colette Sirat, is the last word on this topic." Canadian Jewish News
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In this illustrated introduction to Hebrew manuscript culture Colette Sirat offers a comprehensive overview of the manuscripts themselves, how to study them, and the literary genres to which they belong. A description of the history of tex ts in Hebrew reveals the range and variety of texts--many of which have never been printed. The volume has been translated from the French by leading Hebrew scholar Nicholas de Lange, who worked closely with Sirat in the preparation of the book (now considerably re-structured, extended and updated) for an English readership.
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I don't understand why the first review categorizes this as a 'newsletter'. It is a complete hardbound definitive discussion with 169 b&w clear illustrations + many (unnumbered) illustrative manuscripts.
[I am not sure Amazon will print my present review since other companies sell this expensive book at a lesser price). View Amazon's table of contents and you will see that this definitive book covers all aspects of Jewish manuscripts, including various types of scripts (hard to find in other books). If this subject/area interests you, its uniqueness probably justifies the price and you will not be disappointed. As mentioned in its introduction it is an updated elaboration and reorganization of the author's several previous (only in French) books. The translation from the French is excellent -- no doubt due to the person (outstanding Jewish teacher and author). Again, if this is the book you are looking for, it is the best I have seen; and its organization is most satisfying. I consider it a masterpiece.
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cantillation signs, masorah parva, date jusqu, masorah magna, geocultural areas, portant des indications, prophetic lessons, les filigranes, dated manuscripts, papyrus codex, square characters, first redaction, square letters, written surface, status quaestionis, liturgical poems, parchment manuscripts, kabbalistic texts, written space, ethical wills Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, New York, Cairo Genizah, Bodleian Library, Guide of the Perplexed, Babylonian Talmud, Saadya Gaon, Dead Sea, Hebrew Bible, Mishneh Torah, Abraham Ibn Ezra, Christian Europe, Oriental Bibles, Mahzor Vitry, Judah Ibn Tibbon, Samuel Ibn Tibbon, Small Book of Commandments, Book of the Pietists, Great Book of Commandments, Isaac Israeli, Jerusalem Talmud, Mediterranean Society, North Africa, The Makings, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek New!
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cantillation signs, masorah parva, date jusqu, masorah magna, geocultural areas, portant des indications, prophetic lessons, les filigranes, dated manuscripts, papyrus codex, square characters, first redaction, square letters, written surface, status quaestionis, liturgical poems, parchment manuscripts, kabbalistic texts, written space, ethical wills Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, New York, Cairo Genizah, Bodleian Library, Guide of the Perplexed, Babylonian Talmud, Saadya Gaon, Dead Sea, Hebrew Bible, Mishneh Torah, Abraham Ibn Ezra, Christian Europe, Oriental Bibles, Mahzor Vitry, Judah Ibn Tibbon, Samuel Ibn Tibbon, Small Book of Commandments, Book of the Pietists, Great Book of Commandments, Isaac Israeli, Jerusalem Talmud, Mediterranean Society, North Africa, The Makings, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek New!
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- The Guide of the Perplexed, Vol. 1 by Moses Maimonides on 15 pages
- Hebrew Scholarship and the Medieval World by Nicholas de Lange on 12 pages
- Hebrew Ethical Wills: Selected and Edited by Israel Abrahams, Volumes I & II (Edward E. Elson Classic) by Israel Abrahams on 6 pages
- Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts by Bezalel Narkiss on 4 pages
- Latin Palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages by Bernhard Bischoff in Front Matter, page 236, and Back Matter
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