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Author:   Andreas Lehnardt ,  Judith Olszowy-Schlanger
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   42
Weight:   0.685kg
ISBN:  

9789004258495

ISBN 10:   9004258493
Pages:   342
Publication Date:   27 September 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Editor's foreword Introduction: `Books within books' - The State of Research and new Developments Andreas Lehnardt and Judith Olszowy-Schlanger Part I: History of Research Carta pecudina literis hebraicis scripta: The Awareness of the Binding Hebrew Fragments in History. An Overview and a Plaidoyer Saverio Campanini Part II: Studies in Hebrew Fragments The First Autograph of the Tosafists from the European Genizah Simha Emanuel The Reconstruction of a Sefer haftarot from the Rhine Valley: Towards a first Typology of Ashkenazi Pentateuch Manuscripts Judith Kogel A Newly-discovered Fragment from Midrash Tanhuma in the Collection of Western European Manuscripts in the Russian State Library (Moscow) Alina Lisitsina Josephus Torn to Pieces - Fragments of Sefer Yosippon in Genizat Germania Saskia Donitz Binding Accounts: a Leger of a Jewish Pawnbroker from 14th Century Southern France (MS Krakow, BJ Przyb/163/92) Judith Olszowy-Schlanger Hebrew Fragments as a Window on Economic Activity: Holdings in the Historical Archives of Girona (Arxiu Historic de Girona) Esperanca Valls Pujol Part III: Regional Projects A Regional Perspective on Hebrew Fragments: The Case of Moravia Tamas Visi and Magdalena Janosikova Bindings and Covers: Fragments of Books and Notebooks from the Angelica Library (Biblioteca Angelica, Rome) Emma Abate Medieval Hebrew Manuscript Fragments in Switzerland: Some Highlights of the Discoveries Justine Isserles Newly Discovered Hebrew Fragments in the State Archive of Amberg (Bavaria) - Some Suggestions on their Historical Background Andreas Lehnardt European Fragments in the Spines of the Book Collection of a Yemenite Community Michael Krupp Genizat Yerushalayim: The National Library of Israel in Jerusalem Abraham David Fragments as Objects: Medieval Austrian Fragments in the Jewish Museum of Vienna Martha Keil

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Andreas Lehnardt, PhD (1999), is Professor of Jewish Studies at Mainz University. He is the Head of a project on Hebrew binding fragments in Germany. He is the editor of 'Genizat Germania'. Hebrew and Aramaic Binding Fragments from Germany in Context (Brill, 2010). Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, PhD (1995), is Professor of Hebrew Manuscript Studies at the Section des Sciences historiques et philologiques (Historical and Philological Sciences), Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne. She is the author of Karaite Marriage Contracts from the Cairo Geniza. Legal Tradition and Community Life in Mediaeval Egypt and Palestine (Brill 1997).

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