Communication in the Jewish Diaspora - The Pre-Modern World

Written by some of the most outstanding researchers in the field of Jewish history, this collection offers a rich and consistent picture of the main developments in communications in the Jewish world before the era of the mass-media. This pioneering research deals with both the techniques of communications and linguistic developments in communities widely separated between Europe, North Africa, and the Levant.

About the author

Sophia Menache, Ph.D. (1981) in Medieval History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is currently Chair of the Department of History at the University of Haifa, Israel. She has published extensively on medieval communications.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sophia Menache (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1996
• EAN: 9789004101890
• ISBN: 978-90-04-10189-0
• No. of pages: 440
• Weight: 790 g
• Series: Brill's Jewish Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism