Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle Ages

by Colette Sirat

Book Overview

Hebrew manuscripts are our most important source of knowledge about Jewish intellectual, religious and everyday life in the Middle Ages, and anyone wishing to engage with medieval Jewish history needs to know about the manuscripts themselves, how to study them, and the literary genres to which they belong. Colette Sirat offers a comprehensive overview of these subjects in this illustrated introduction to Hebrew manuscript culture. This 2002 work is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521090237
• ISBN13: 9780521090230
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"