Reading
performance and materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic traditions
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Author
Publication
2025 - Open Book Publishers, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
121,000 words, Guess
Page Count
484 pages
Physical Format
[electronic resource] /
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL61414953M
- ISBN-139781805115496
- OCLC Control Number1528869534
Description
"This volume contains the proceedings the 'Reading: Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions' colloquium, hosted at the University of Oxford in 2023, and jointly sponsored by the Oriel Centre for the Study of the Bible and the European Research Council project, 'TEXTEVOLVE.' The aim of the colloquium was to investigate Jewish approaches to the reading of texts, with a focus on reading practices that were applied to Hebrew and Aramaic texts in antiquity and the early Middle Ages. It explored, in particular, how these were shaped by material and non-textual aspects (oral traditions, performative context, philological values, etc). Among the questions it addressed were: How did non-textual components determine reading? To what extent did materiality shape or limit readings? How did reading practices shape the texts themselves? What values guided how texts were modified and variant texts evaluated? What determined which form or version of a text was read and according to what conventions? The responses to these questions collected in this volume highlight the tensions between authority and creativity, preservation and innovation, understanding and misapprehension, knowledge and ignorance, which shaped Jewish practices of reading."--Publisher's website.
Series Statement
- Cambridge Semitic languages and cultures -- vol. 36
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