The a material history Stern, David 1949- creator author. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Electronic books. wau 2017 First edition. monographic eng 1 online resource. "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. Drawing on the most recent scholarship on the history of the book, Stern shows how the Bible has been not only a medium for transmitting its text--the word of God--but a physical object with a meaning of its own. That meaning has changed, as the material shape of the Bible has changed, from scroll to codex, and from manuscript to printed book. By tracing the material form of the Torah, Stern demonstrates how the process of these transformations echo the cultural, political, intellectual, religious, and geographic changes of the Jewish community. With tremendous historical range and breadth, this book offers a fresh approach to understanding the Bible's place and significance in Jewish culture"-- The Jewish Bible: an introduction -- 1. The Torah Scroll -- 2. The Hebrew Bible in the age of the manuscript -- 3. The Jewish Bible in the early age of print -- 4. The Jewish Bible since the sixteenth century -- Epilogue: The future of the Jewish Bible. David Stern. Includes bibliographical references and index. History Criticism, interpretation, etc RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament RELIGION Judaism Sacred Writings SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies BS1130 .S74 2017eb 221.09 Stern, David, 1949- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017] First edition. (DLC) 2016049326 (OCoLC)961388618 9780295741499 029574149X 22573/ctvctb8mj JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1581602 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1581602 N$T 170828 20200709060550.0 on1002064993 eng