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091 =924 --- Judaism --- -Judaism --- -Manuscripts, Hebrew --- Hebrew manuscripts --- Jews --- Religions --- Semites --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Hebreeuws --- History --- -Manuscripts --- Religion --- 091 =924 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Hebreeuws --- Manuscripts, Hebrew --- Manuscripts

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Books within Books presents some recent findings and research projects on the fragments of medieval Hebrew manuscripts discovered in the bindings of other manuscripts and early printed books across Europe. This is the second collection of interdisciplinary articles on Hebrew binding fragments presenting current scholarship and its international scope. From the contemporary perspective, the fragments of medieval Hebrew manuscripts preserved until today, through their numbers (estimated 30,000 fragments, so more than double of the number of the known Hebrew volumes produced in medieval Europe ), the texts they carry (some of them have been previously unknown), the insights into book making techniques and finally their economic impact, are an unprecedented source for our knowledge of the Hebrew book culture and literacy as well as the economic and intellectual exchanges between the Jewish minority and their non-Jewish neighbours.

Manuscripts, Hebrew --- Manuscripts, Aramaic --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- Paleography, Hebrew --- Judaism --- Rabbinical literature --- Hebrew paleography --- Medieval manuscripts --- Manuscripts --- Hebrew manuscripts --- Aramaic manuscripts --- Hebrew literature --- Jewish literature --- History --- Rabbinical literature.

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Hebrew 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. The 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. The 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.

Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts --- Manuscripts, Hebrew --- Hebrew manuscripts. --- Jewish cultural history. --- Jüdische Kultur. --- Manuskript. --- production and use of manuscripts. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies.

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The discovery of Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira in the Cairo Genizah has shaped and transformed the interpretation of the book. It is argued here that a proper appreciation of the manuscripts themselves is also essential for understanding this ancient work.Since their discovery 120 years ago and subsequent identification of leaves, attention has been directed to the interpretation of the ancient book, the Wisdom of Ben Sira. Serious consideration should also be given to the Hebrew manuscripts themselves and their particular contributions to understanding the language and transmission of the book. The surprising appearance of a work that was preserved by Christians and denounced by some Rabbis raises questions over the preservation of the book. At the same time, diversity among the manuscripts means that exegesis has to be built on an appreciation of the individual manuscripts. The contributors examine the manuscripts in this light, examining their discovery, the codicology and reception of the manuscripts within rabbinic and medieval Judaism, and the light they throw on the Hebrew language and poetic techniques.The book is essential reading for those working on Ben Sira, the reception of the deuterocanon, and Medieval Hebrew manuscripts.

Cairo Genizah. --- Taylor, Charles, --- Bible. --- Ecclesiasticus --- Manuscripts --- Manuscripts, Hebrew --- Language, style --- Manuscripts. --- Ben Sira, Book of Sirach, Cairo Genizah, Hebrew Manuscripts.

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Book history --- Hebrew literature --- Manuscripts. Epigraphy. Paleography --- anno 500-1499 --- Codicology --- Manuscripts, Hebrew --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- History --- 091 =924 --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Hebreeuws --- 091 =924 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Hebreeuws --- Hebrew manuscripts --- Manuscriptology --- Bibliography --- Manuscripts --- Manuscripts, Hebrew - Facsimiles --- Manuscripts, Medieval - Facsimiles --- Manuscripts, Hebrew - History