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In The Jewish Bible: A Material History, David Stern explores the Jewish Bible as a material object—the Bibles that Jews have actually held in their hands—from its beginnings in the Ancient Near Eastern world through to the Middle Ages to the present moment.

The Jewish Bible

A Material History

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2019

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9780295746173
ISBN-10:0295746173
Author:David Stern
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Imprint:University of Washington Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:1 August 2019
Weight:885g
Dimensions:178mm x 254mm
Series:Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies
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Critics Review

“A carefully plotted, awe-awakening journey through the evolution and adaptation of the Jewish Bible within a variety of cultures and settings… . Enrapturing… . Bibliophiles will find much here that fascinates… . The Jewish Bible is a fascinating look at a work whose materiality is shown to be inseparable from its meaning.”

– Michelle Anne Schlingler * Foreword Reviews *

“Brilliant and fascinating… . In The Jewish Bible, Stern masterfully synthesizes this scholarship, offering a chronological history of Jewish sacred books from Qumran to the JPS Tanakh.”

– Adam Kirsch * Jewish Review of Books *

“The Jewish Bible: A Material History will give you a great sense of the gift ancient and medieval scribes and scholars bequeathed to those who came after them.”

* Association of Mormon Letters *

About The Author

David Stern

David Stern is Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish and Hebrew Literature at Harvard University. He is the author and editor of thirteen books, including Parables in Midrash, Rabbinic Fantasies, The Washington Haggadah, and The Monk’s Haggadah.

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