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The Censor, the Editor, and the Text–Now Available

The Censor, the Editor, and the Text: The Catholic Church and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon in the Sixteenth Century

Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin. Jackie Feldman, Translator

328 pages | 6 x 9

Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4011-5 | $69.95 | £45.50

A volume in the Jewish Culture and Contexts series

The Censor, the Editor, and the TextThe Censor, the Editor, and the Text examines the impact of Catholic censorship on the publication and dissemination of Hebrew literature in the early modern period. Raz-Krakotzkin argues that the regulation of Hebrew print provided an avenue for the integration of Hebrew literature into the Christian corpus.

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