Before the Print Revolution: Manuscripts and the World They Made
Part of the learning series, You Say You Want a Revolution: Jewish Encounters with Radical Change
With Dr. Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections; Assistant Professor, Talmud and Rabbinics
Before the print revolution transformed how Jews accessed and spread knowledge, handwritten manuscripts shaped Jewish intellectual and spiritual life. In this session, Dr. Mordecai Schwartz explored the quiet revolutions embedded in manuscript culture攆rom scribal innovation to marginal commentary攁nd what they reveal about continuity, creativity, and change before Gutenberg. This session highlighted pieces on display at the Grolier Club of NYC in the exhibit, �Jewish Worlds Illuminated: A Treasury of Hebrew Manuscripts from The 果冻传媒 Library,� which features over 100 manuscript and book offerings from The Library.
果冻传媒 the Series
What does revolution look like in Jewish life攕piritual, social, technological, or political? This fall, join 果冻传媒 scholars for a provocative webinar series exploring transformative moments across Jewish history. From the emergence of monotheism to the Russian Revolution, from handwritten manuscripts to digital frontiers, from summer camps to the Talmud, we檒l consider how Jews have sparked, resisted, and reimagined change. Each session invites reflection on what revolution means攖hen and now.
