"Genizat Germania" - Hebrew and Aramaic Binding Fragments from Germany in Context
Biographical note
Andreas Lehnardt, Ph.D. (1999), Free University of Berlin, is professor of Jewish Studies in Mainz (Germany). He has published on Rabbinic Literature, Jewish Prayer, Hebrew Manuscripts, Jewish libraries and Haskalah. His titles include: Bibliograhie zu den Jüdischen Schriften aus hellenistisch-römischer Zeit (1999), Qaddish (2002), Pesahim-Pesachopfer (2004), Die Kasseler Talmud-Fragmente (2007), Taaniyot-Fasten (2008), Die Jüdische Bibliothek an der Johannes Gutenberg University (2009).
Readership
All those interested in Jewish Studies, Hebrew Manuscripts, Book history, Book Binding, Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History.
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