The censor, the editor, and the text : the Catholic Church and the shaping of the Jewish canon in the sixteenth century / Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin ; translated by Jackie Feldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raz-Krakotzkin, Amnon, 1958-

Series:

Jewish culture and contexts

Standardized Title:

Tsenzor, ha-ʻorekh ṿeha-ṭeḳsṭ. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Censorship--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--16th century.

Censorship.

Catholic Church--Italy--History--16th century.

Censorship--Italy--History--16th century.

Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism--Italy--History--16th century.

Relations.

Judaism.

Expurgated books.

History.

Censorship--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Italy.

Judaism--Relations--Catholic Church--Italy--History--16th century.

Expurgated books--Italy--History--16th century.

Physical Description:

viii, 314 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2007]

Summary:

"The Censor, the Editor, and the Text" examines the impact of Catholic censorship on the publication and dissemination of Hebrew literature in the early modern period. Raz-Krakotzkin argues that the regulation of Hebrew print provided an avenue for the integration of Hebrew literature into the Christian corpus.

Notes:

Published in an earlier Hebrew version by Magnes Press, Jerusalem, Israel.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-301) and indexes.

ISBN:

0812240111

9780812240115

OCLC:

77520458