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Print, Power, and Cultural Hegemony : A Material History of Early Hebrew Prints / Federico Dal Bo.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Mnchen ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (IX, 358 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783111392684
  • 9783111394343
  • 9783111393155
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 686.21924 23
LOC classification:
  • Z228.H4 .D35 2024
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction. A Micro-Historical Perspective on Early Hebrew Prints -- 1 Errancy of Print. Early Hebrew Prints from Sefarad to Italy -- 2 Establishing Hegemony. Daniel Bomberg’s First Rabbinic Bible -- 3 Centrality of Print. Daniel Bomberg’s Second Rabbinic Bible -- 4 Back to Origins. The Burning of the Talmud and its Discontents -- 5 The Return of the Repressed. Printing the Zohar as a Biblical Commentary -- Conclusion. Early Hebrew Prints Today -- Appendix. Twenty-Six Fundamental Layout Types of Early Hebrew Prints -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Bibliography -- Index of Names
Summary: Federico Dal Bo examines the design of early Hebrew books from the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, focusing not only on the words in these early books but also on how they were arranged on the page. He follows in the tradition of scholars such as Christopher de Hamel, Marvin J. Heller, and David Stern, who have explored the importance of these Hebrew books in influencing Jewish learning and attracting the interest of Christians. The author discusses important prints, such as the first Talmud and rabbinical bibles, which marked a shift from being for Jewish readers only to being for both Jews and Christians. The collaboration between Jewish editors and Christian printers changed the way these books looked and the audience for whom they were intended. At first, these early prints copied the style of handwritten Hebrew manuscripts. The simple layout could be difficult to read, especially for long books like the Bible or Talmud. But over time, influenced by the humanism of the Italian Renaissance, the layout became more complex. The book also looks at how the layout changed from full-page commentaries to a more complicated design in which the main text and commentaries shared the same page. This shift challenged the idea of who was the primary author and emphasized the role of editors. The layout, with the main text in the center and the commentaries on the sides, created a kind of unwritten rule for how to read religious texts. Dal Bo's study also includes new information about a 1553 trial in which the Talmud was burned. Overall, it explores how the layout of these early Hebrew books shaped cultural power and influenced how people read.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction. A Micro-Historical Perspective on Early Hebrew Prints -- 1 Errancy of Print. Early Hebrew Prints from Sefarad to Italy -- 2 Establishing Hegemony. Daniel Bomberg’s First Rabbinic Bible -- 3 Centrality of Print. Daniel Bomberg’s Second Rabbinic Bible -- 4 Back to Origins. The Burning of the Talmud and its Discontents -- 5 The Return of the Repressed. Printing the Zohar as a Biblical Commentary -- Conclusion. Early Hebrew Prints Today -- Appendix. Twenty-Six Fundamental Layout Types of Early Hebrew Prints -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Bibliography -- Index of Names

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Federico Dal Bo examines the design of early Hebrew books from the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, focusing not only on the words in these early books but also on how they were arranged on the page. He follows in the tradition of scholars such as Christopher de Hamel, Marvin J. Heller, and David Stern, who have explored the importance of these Hebrew books in influencing Jewish learning and attracting the interest of Christians. The author discusses important prints, such as the first Talmud and rabbinical bibles, which marked a shift from being for Jewish readers only to being for both Jews and Christians. The collaboration between Jewish editors and Christian printers changed the way these books looked and the audience for whom they were intended. At first, these early prints copied the style of handwritten Hebrew manuscripts. The simple layout could be difficult to read, especially for long books like the Bible or Talmud. But over time, influenced by the humanism of the Italian Renaissance, the layout became more complex. The book also looks at how the layout changed from full-page commentaries to a more complicated design in which the main text and commentaries shared the same page. This shift challenged the idea of who was the primary author and emphasized the role of editors. The layout, with the main text in the center and the commentaries on the sides, created a kind of unwritten rule for how to read religious texts. Dal Bo's study also includes new information about a 1553 trial in which the Talmud was burned. Overall, it explores how the layout of these early Hebrew books shaped cultural power and influenced how people read.

Issued also in print.

funded by Irène Bollag-Herzheimer Foundation

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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