Jews as the people of Scrolls, Manuscripts and Printed Books - AHZ100080
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Jews are often called the people of the book. This course challenges this simplistic label from the position of material text theory. We will start from the ditinction between the TEXT and the MEDIUM that transmits it and attempt to discuss the history of Jewish engagement with different texts and different media.
We will attempt to cover the history of Jewish textuality from the end of antiquity to the present. We will address, among other things, the following topics and questions: - Hebrew Bible as a scroll and as a codex: transfer of textual traditions. - Text and Jewish orality: The Babylonian talmud. - Collective authorship and the transfer of information in middle ages. - Non-textual visuality: Why are so few Jewish books illustrated? - Decoding and re-coding: Jewish languages, Jews as translators from and to non-Jewish languages; Jewish multi-linguism. - Advent of the technology of printing: Hebrew incunabula. - Printing in Hebrew characters in the 16th century. - Manuscript book in the age of print. - Jews and bibliography in 19th century. - Jewish textuality and modernity: Rejecting and embracing electronic media. Prerequisits: This course is intended for B.A. students; no Hebrew is expected. Poslední úprava: Sládek Pavel, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (06.07.2024)
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Attendance (max. 2 absences); active participation in class; a short essay (min. 2000 words). Poslední úprava: Sládek Pavel, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (06.07.2024)
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