Dear colleagues.
I am pleased to share information about a book which covers 500 years of Jewish publishing which I thought many here would find of interest. More information is below and a link to the book page is here: http://www.feldheim.com/people-of-the-book.html 500 Years in the Making: People of the Book The Hebrew Book from the Beginning of Printing to the Twentieth Century The invention of the printing press created a revolution for Jews everywhere. Who could imagine at that time the extraordinary benefits that printing would bring to world Jewry? People of the Book vividly describes the invention itself, and then takes readers through five hundred years of Hebrew printing, from the earliest products of fifteenth-century printers to those of modern times. Author Akiva Aaronson introduces readers to the first printed editions of the most well-known and classic Jewish books: The Talmud, the Rambam, Shulchan Aruch and many more. Meet the famous Hebrew printers of previous generations: Soncino, Bomber, Romm, Heidenheim, Bak and others. Visit the Jewish communities where Hebrew printing took place, from its earliest days until the present: Venice, Salonika, Prague, Amsterdam, Slavita, Warsaw and Vilna, to name a few. Weaving lively text with over two hundred magnificent, full-color photographs of original Hebrew volumes, People of the Book is truly a journey through time - Jewish time - over five centuries of Hebrew printing. Follow its odyssey, from persecution and censorship to survival and triumph, set against the phenomenal history of the times in this beautiful coffee-table edition. Title: People of the Book: Five Hundred Years of the Hebrew Book from the Beginning of Printing to the Twentieth Century Author: Akiva Aaronson Publisher: Feldheim Publishers ISBN: 978-159826956-7 Hardcover, $39.99, 231 Pages Stuart Schnee Public Relations, Marketing & Sales <http://www.stuartschnee.com/> www.stuartschnee.com US Tel: 973-796-2753 Israel Tel: <tel:%2B972-54-790-9120> +972-54-790-9120
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