Andrew Pettegree, the author of The Book in the Renaissance, is interviewed here. (hat tip) See here for a review of the book. I wonder how the following comments of his relate to Hebrew printing. Q: What did you find most interesting of the trends that you uncovered in your study of the early book [...]
An exhibition just ended at Lambeth Palace Library in London that featured both a complete Bomberg Talmud and a Gutenberg Bible. Read here about the very interesting history of this copy of the Bomberg Talmud.
The first annual New York Sephardic Jewish Book Fair will take place on Sunday July 25, 2010 with book readings, author signings, book sales and tours at the Center for Jewish History. Hosted by the American Sephardi Federation (ASF), the book fair will bring together authors and book lovers that write about and enjoy books [...]
According to this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, (hat tip) bibliographers are not in such high-demand these days in institutions of higher education and academia. Lovers of the Hebrew manuscript and book should be grateful that frameworks such as the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts and the Hebrew Palaeography Project exist. May their [...]
Ynet has an article (Hebrew) about digitized collections of Hebrew books, e.g. Otzar ha-Ḥochma, Hebrew Books, Bar-Ilan, etc. The article addresses how this might affect the culture of the book in traditional Jewish learning and issues which may arise regarding reading digital books on Shabbat. My teacher SW thought about this issue over a decade [...]
From the other day’s NY Times. With a goal of establishing a national Bible museum of great depth and size, the evangelical Christian family behind the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores has been spending heavily to amass a collection that has set dealers buzzing in the staid world of rare books. Specialists estimate the [...]
Inna Hecker Grade, the wife of the Yiddish writer Chaim Grade, recently died. As a result of her death, a number of libraries are examining the many books and manuscripts that Grade left behind. There is an interesting article in the New York Times about the library and his papers which can be found here. [...]
Galei Tzahal (Israel Army Radio) is reporting that the Iraqi Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is accusing Israel of stealing hundreds of Jewish books from Iraq. According to the report, a few years ago around three hundred Jewish books which were in the possession of the Iraqi Jewish community were smuggled out of Iraq to [...]
In 2008 the Jewish National University Library officially became the National Library of Israel. A few days ago the project moved forward a little bit more. Israel’s new National Library will be constructed between the Knesset and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the cabinet decided last week. The decision, made at the same meeting that [...]
Part of the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew books and manuscripts is now online. It is worth a visit. (hat tip)
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