Prince of the press : how one collector built history's most enduring and remarkable Jewish library / Joshua Teplitsky.

9780300241136 (ebook) :

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019.

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David Oppenheim (1664-1736), chief rabbi of Prague in the early 18th century, built an unparalleled collection of Jewish books & manuscripts, all of which have survived & are housed in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. His remarkable collection testifies to the myriad connections Jews maintained with each other across political borders, & the contacts between Christians & Jews that books facilitated. From contact with the great courts of European nobility to the poor of Jerusalem, his family ties brought him into networks of power, prestige, & opportunity that extended across Europe & the Mediterranean basin. Containing works of law & literature alongside prayer & poetry, his library served rabbinic scholars & communal leaders, introduced old books to new readers, & functioned as a unique source of personal authority that gained him fame throughout Jewish society & beyond.

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September 27, 2019

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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