In the Margins of a Medieval Jewish Prayer Book: What Can Physical Manuscripts Tell Us about History?
Learn about medieval Jewish liturgical practice and the significance of manuscripts as physical objects. Explore a specific manuscript and its unique features. Gain insights into the history of religious culture through the interpretation of physical changes in manuscripts.
What you will learn
- How can we locate a particular manuscript within a larger liturgical tradition?
- What sorts of information can be gained about a community by looking at a manuscript as a physical object?
- What do manuscripts tell us about the experience of medieval Jewish liturgical practice?
- What physical changes to manuscripts present problems and opportunities for interpretation?
- Acquire knowledge of medieval Asheknazi (originating in the German-speaking lands) and surrounding liturgical traditions
- Understand the process of using a manuscript as a material object to understand the history of religious culture
- Gain familiarity with a particular manuscript (CAJS Rare MS 382) and its unique features and problems
Program Overview
The course asks the following questions (and more):
How can we locate a particular manuscript within a larger liturgical tradition?
What sorts of information can be gained about a community by looking at a manuscript as a physical object?
What do manuscripts tell us about the experience of medieval Jewish liturgical practice?
What physical changes to manuscripts present problems and opportunities for interpretation?
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