Jewish History Matters

49: Why Jewish Books and Libraries Matter with Joshua Teplitsky

05.24.2020 - By Jason LustigPlay

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Joshua Teplitsky joins us to discuss his book Prince of the Press and the broader issue of the history of Jewish books and book collecting. Prince of the Press is a fantastic book, and it opens up a great set of issues about the meaning of books and libraries in Jewish culture, the process of accumulating and transmitting Jewish learning over the generations, as well as how we understand Jewish life in early modern Europe in the widest terms.

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