Transmitting Jewish Traditions: Orality, Textuality, and Cultural Diffusion

by Yaakov Elman (Editor), Israel Gershoni (Editor)

This book is the first collection of writings devoted to the ways in which Jewish traditions have been handed down, both orally and in writing, from late antiquity to modern times. The contributors survey some of the ways-conscious and subconscious-that cultural elements are selected, shaped, and transmitted from one culture to another as well as the ways they shape a single culture over time. University of Pennsylvania Studies in Jewish Culture and Society

366 pages, Hardcover

First published August 11, 2000

About the author

Yaakov Elman was an American Judaic scholar.