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Orthodox by Design : Judaism, Print Politics, and the ArtScroll Revolution.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studiesPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (285 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780520945548
  • 0520945549
  • 1282772767
  • 9781282772762
  • 9786612772764
  • 661277276X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Orthodox by Design : Judaism, Print Politics, and the ArtScroll Revolution.DDC classification:
  • 305.696
LOC classification:
  • Z473.A695S76 2010
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Orthodox by Design; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ONE -- AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE; TWO -- ARTSCROLL'S PUBLIC LIFE; THREE -- PRAYER BOOKS, COOKBOOKS, SELF -- HELP BOOKS: DESIGNS FOR KOSHER LIVING; FOUR -- MATERIALIZING AUTHENTICITY; FIVE -- GRAVITY AND GRAVITAS: A CONCLUDING REFLECTION ON PRINT SCRIPTURALISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Summary: "This is the first thorough study of the ArtScroll publishing 'phenomenon, ' which is a major force in contemporary English-speaking Jewish life. It is deeply and richly informed by interdisciplinary work on semiotics, textuality and mediation. It will be quite useful to those working in areas such as religion and media, contemporary Jewish studies, history of print, sociology of religion, and American religion. And it should fascinate those who are regular if not always uncritical users of ArtScroll publications."Jonathan Boyarin, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill"With s.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)547430

Orthodox by Design; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ONE -- AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE; TWO -- ARTSCROLL'S PUBLIC LIFE; THREE -- PRAYER BOOKS, COOKBOOKS, SELF -- HELP BOOKS: DESIGNS FOR KOSHER LIVING; FOUR -- MATERIALIZING AUTHENTICITY; FIVE -- GRAVITY AND GRAVITAS: A CONCLUDING REFLECTION ON PRINT SCRIPTURALISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

"This is the first thorough study of the ArtScroll publishing 'phenomenon, ' which is a major force in contemporary English-speaking Jewish life. It is deeply and richly informed by interdisciplinary work on semiotics, textuality and mediation. It will be quite useful to those working in areas such as religion and media, contemporary Jewish studies, history of print, sociology of religion, and American religion. And it should fascinate those who are regular if not always uncritical users of ArtScroll publications."Jonathan Boyarin, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill"With s.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.