- Title Pages
- The Institute for Polish‒Jewish Studies
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Preface
- Polin
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Towards a Polish–Jewish Dialogue The Way Forward
- Note on Transliteration, Names, and Place-Names
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Jewish Marriage in Eighteenth-Century Poland
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‘For the Human Soul is the Lamp of the Lord’: The Tkhine for ‘Laying Wicks’ by Sarah bas Tovim
- The Ban on Polygamy in Polish Rabbinic Thought
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The Ashkenazi Élite at the Beginning of the Modern Era: Manuscript versus Printed Book
- The Accusation of Ritual Murder in Poland, 1500‒1800
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Jewish Art and Architecture in the East European Context: The Gwozdziec-Chodorów Group of Wooden Synagogues
- In Praise of the Ba’al Shem Tov: A User’s Guide to the Editions of Shivḥei haBesht
- Knowledge of Foreign Languages among Eighteenth-Century Polish Jews
- Walls and Frontiers: Polish Cinema’s Portrayal of Polish–Jewish Relations
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‘That Incredible History of the Polish Bund Written in a Soviet Prison’: The NKVD Files on Henryk Erlich and Wiktor Alter
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Mayufes: A Window on Polish–Jewish Relations
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On the History of the Jews in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Poland
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Review Essays
- Book Reviews
- Bibliography of Polish–Jewish Studies 1994
- Notes on the Contributors
- Glossary
- Index
The Ashkenazi Élite at the Beginning of the Modern Era: Manuscript versus Printed Book
The Ashkenazi Élite at the Beginning of the Modern Era: Manuscript versus Printed Book
- Chapter:
- (p.85) The Ashkenazi Élite at the Beginning of the Modern Era: Manuscript versus Printed Book
- Source:
- Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 10
- Author(s):
Elchanan Reiner
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
This chapter evaluates the effect of printing on the Ashkenazi cultural élite. The shift from script to print in the sixteenth century heralded a reshaping of Ashkenazi literary models. The chapter traces some reactions amongst Ashkenazi intellectuals to this shift, which are indicative of their general attitude to the structural changes in patterns of the transmission of knowledge during the period. It focuses on certain developments within intellectual circles, primarily in connection with changes in the way halakhic literature — the core of the Ashkenazi literary canon — was written and transmitted. While the impact of the making of books and printing has long been a central issue in the history of European culture in general, it is genuinely surprising that Jewish culture, which is so profoundly literary, has not been examined in this light up to now.
Keywords: book printing, Ashkenazi cultural élite, Ashkenazi literary models, Ashkenazi intellectuals, knowledge transmission, halakhic literature, Ashkenazi literary canon, Jewish culture
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- Title Pages
- The Institute for Polish‒Jewish Studies
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Preface
- Polin
-
Towards a Polish–Jewish Dialogue The Way Forward
- Note on Transliteration, Names, and Place-Names
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Jewish Marriage in Eighteenth-Century Poland
-
‘For the Human Soul is the Lamp of the Lord’: The Tkhine for ‘Laying Wicks’ by Sarah bas Tovim
- The Ban on Polygamy in Polish Rabbinic Thought
-
The Ashkenazi Élite at the Beginning of the Modern Era: Manuscript versus Printed Book
- The Accusation of Ritual Murder in Poland, 1500‒1800
-
Jewish Art and Architecture in the East European Context: The Gwozdziec-Chodorów Group of Wooden Synagogues
- In Praise of the Ba’al Shem Tov: A User’s Guide to the Editions of Shivḥei haBesht
- Knowledge of Foreign Languages among Eighteenth-Century Polish Jews
- Walls and Frontiers: Polish Cinema’s Portrayal of Polish–Jewish Relations
-
‘That Incredible History of the Polish Bund Written in a Soviet Prison’: The NKVD Files on Henryk Erlich and Wiktor Alter
-
Mayufes: A Window on Polish–Jewish Relations
-
On the History of the Jews in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Poland
-
Review Essays
- Book Reviews
- Bibliography of Polish–Jewish Studies 1994
- Notes on the Contributors
- Glossary
- Index
