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02721aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 9385904E462211E9A3F20F6897128E48 003 SILO 005 20190314012734 008 180406t20192019ctuab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0300234902 020 $a 9780300234909 035 $a (OCoLC)1030343513 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d TOH $d YDXIT $d OCLCQ $d YUS $d OCLCF $d UAP $d NYP $d NUI $d SILO 050 4 $a Z228.H4 $b T47 2019 082 04 $a 686.2/1924 $2 23 082 04 $a 002.075 $2 23 100 1 $a Teplitsky, Joshua, $e author. 245 10 $a Prince of the press : $b how one collector built history's most enduring and remarkable Jewish library / $c Joshua Teplitsky. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xiv, 317 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-309) and index. 520 8 $a David Oppenheim (1664-1736), chief rabbi of Prague in the early eighteenth century, built an unparalleled collection of Jewish books and manuscripts, all of which have survived and are housed in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. His remarkable collection testifies to the myriad connections Jews maintained with each other across political borders, and the contacts between Christians and Jews that books facilitated. From contact with the great courts of European nobility to the poor of Jerusalem, his family ties brought him into networks of power, prestige, and opportunity that extended across Europe and the Mediterranean basin. Containing works of law and literature alongside prayer and poetry, his library served rabbinic scholars and communal leaders, introduced old books to new readers, and functioned as a unique source of personal authority that gained him fame throughout Jewish society and beyond. The story of his life and library brings together culture, commerce, and politics, all filtered through this extraordinary collection. Based on the careful reconstruction of an archive that is still visited by scholars today, Joshua Teplitsky's book offers a window into the social life of Jewish books in early modern Europe.--Publisher's website. 600 10 $a Oppenheim, David ben Abraham, $d 1664-1736. 600 17 $a Oppenheim, David ben Abraham, $d 1664-1736. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00350967 650 0 $a Hebrew imprints $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Jewish libraries $x History. 650 0 $a Book collecting $x History. 650 7 $a Book collecting. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00836132 650 7 $a Jewish libraries. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00982831 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191120040413.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9385904E462211E9A3F20F6897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search