Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

AvRebecca Abrams,Cesar Merchan-Hamann,César Merchán-Hamann

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Representing four centuries of collecting and 1,000 years of Jewish history, this book brings together extraordinary Hebrew manuscripts and rare books from the Bodleian Library and Oxford colleges. Highlights of the collections include a fragment of Maimonides’ autograph draft of the 'Mishneh Torah'; the earliest dated fragment of the Talmud, exquisitely illuminated manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible; stunning festival prayerbooks and one of the oldest surviving Jewish seals in England. Lavishly illustrated essays by experts in the field bring to life the outstanding works contained in the collections, as well as the personalities and diverse motivations of their original collectors, who include Archbishop William Laud, John Selden, Edward Pococke, Robert Huntington, Matteo Canonici, Benjamin Kennicott and Rabbi David Oppenheim. Saved for posterity by religious scholarship, intellectual rivalry and political ambition, these extraordinary collections also bear witness to the consumption and circulation of knowledge across the centuries, forming a social and cultural history of objects moved across borders, from person to person. Together, they offer a fascinating journey through Jewish intellectual and social history from the tenth century onwards.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-05-01
Mått237 x 259 x 40 mm
Vikt1 752 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagBodleian Library
ISBN9781851245024

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Librarian's Foreword Richard OvendenPreface Martin J. GrossIntroduction to the Bodleian Library & College Collections César Merchán-HamannChapter 1 The Laud Collection Giles MandelbroteChapter 2 The Pococke Collection Benjamin WilliamsChapter 3 The Huntington Collection Simon Mills and César Merchán-Hamann Chapter 4 The Kennicott Collection Theo DunkelgrünChapter 5 The Canonici Collection Dorit RainesChapter 6 The Oppenheim Collection Joshua TeplitskyChapter 7 The Michael Collection Saverio CampaniniChapter 8 The Genizah Collection Nadio VidroChapter 9 The College Library Collections Rahel FrondaFrom Collectors to Readers Piet van BoxelNotesFurther ReadingContributorsPicture CreditsIndex

"Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries [is] a handsome volume of coffee-table size. . . . After the shuttering of physical libraries during the pandemic, and as library budgets continue to shrink, it is right and good to remember the debt of gratitude we owe the great libraries and librarians for preserving our historical treasures—not to mention all those who brought this fine book into being."