Transmitting Jewish Traditions Orality, Textuality, and Cultural Diffusion - Studies in Jewish Culture and Society

Yaakov Elman (editor), Israel Gershoni (editor)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is an examination of the impact of changing modes of cultural transmission on Jewish and Western cultures over the past 2000 years. It surveys some of the ways in which cultural elements are selected, shaped and transmitted.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780300081985
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Imprint:	Yale University Press
Pub date:	02 Oct 2000
DEWEY:	306.089924
DEWEY edition:	21
Number of pages:	366
Weight:	570g
Height:	210mm
Width:	140mm
Spine width:	32mm