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- Title
Pressing Matters: Jewish vs. Christian Printing in Eighteenth Century Prague.
- Authors
Hudečková, Dagmar
- Abstract
The aim of this article is to examine the issue of Hebrew letterpress from the eighteenth century. A period of stagnation occurred in this era and the purpose of this paper is to discover the causes of this occurrence. Additionally, the phenomenon of cooperation of Christian and Jewish printers in this area in the late eighteenth century will be examined closely. This text works with the term “Hebrew letterpress”, even though it does not describe the nature of production in the eighteenth century precisely. The production of Yiddish books and books about Judaism written in German (i.e. Hebrew grammar books or textbooks) must be included in the concept of Hebrew letterpress. Books in Yiddish created a significant part of Jewish printing houses production in the first half of the eighteen century.
- Subjects
CHRISTIANS; JEWISH prints; HEBREW language; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Judaica Olomucensia, 2015, Issue 1, p90
- ISSN
1805-9139
- Publication type
Article