The Jewish Bible: A Material History

by David H. Stern

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295741481
• ISBN13: 9780295741482
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 10.2"