Le livre dans la société juive médiévale de la france du nord
Levy Willard Denis - Collection Gallia judaica
Résumé
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Medieval Jewish society in the North of France showed great intellectual dynamism all during that period, giving birth to works that have endured through the centuries, such as the commentaries of Rashi and the Tossafists. Some very beautiful Hebrew manuscripts were produced by medieval scribes others, less ambitious, were made for Jewish families who strove to possess at least one book, a 'Haggadah', a ritual of prayers or a book of precepts. Here, the author evokes the life of the Hebrew book in the Middle Ages, recalling the activities of all those who contributed to its production: scribes, punctuators, illuminators, binders. He describes the processes of edition and diffusion of texts and their evolution in time. The book focuses especially on socio-economic aspects: the daily use of books for studies, teaching or prayer the book trade the book in heritages and the surprising richness of certain educated Jews' libraries. Among the striking differences with the Latin book, not least is the Hebrew book's often tragic fate: destroyed by fire, riots, confiscated by lords or the king, as in 1242. For those that remain - approximately forty thousand copies, complete manuscripts or fragments - we probably have to thank the energy of Jewish intellectuals who never gave up writing, even in the worst conditions. In prison, for example, like Yohanan Treves, the last rabbi of a dying Parisian community, just a few years before the final expulsion 1394. He wrote these words: 'Tribulation has befallen our generation, our treatises of the Talmud, our books of Maimonides, Alfassi many other books were taken and thrown to the ground. But [...] certain were saved and I copied them while I was in prison.
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Levy Willard Denis |
Collection | Gallia judaica |
Parution | 07/02/2008 |
Format | 14.4 x 23.4 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 315g |
EAN13 | 9782204085205 |
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