Washington Haggadah

Informationen zum Autor David Stern is Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish and Hebrew Literature at Harvard University. Katrin Kogman-Appel is Evelyn Metz Memorial Research Chair in Art, Department of the Arts, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Klappentext After the Bible, the Passover Haggadah is the most widely read classic Jewish text. Few editions are as exquisite as "The Washington Haggadah" in the Library of Congress. A stunning facsimile edition, meticulously reproduced in full color, brings this illuminated 15th-century manuscript to life for a new generation of readers. Zusammenfassung After the Bible! the Passover haggadah is the most widely read classic Jewish text. Few editions are as exquisite as the Washington Haggadah in the Library of Congress. A stunning facsimile edition! meticulously reproduced in full color! brings this illuminated fifteenth-century manuscript to life for a new generation of readers.

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• Authors: Joel Ben Simeon, ben Simeon Joel, Joel Ben Simeon
• Assisted by: Kogman-Appel Katrin (Introduction), David Stern (Introduction), David Stern (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.04.2011
• EAN: 9780674051171
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05117-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice, Judaism, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Judaism: worship, rites & ceremonies