International Dialogue
Abstract
Can you tell much about a book from its cover? The design of the cover to this volume would lead any attentive reader to an affirmative response. Look at the title, JewsandWords. These letters, without any space separating them into words, recall ancient manuscripts, where the niceties of word division were often sacrificed to allow more writing per (expensive) page. Admittedly, ancient Hebrew manuscripts also dismissed with written vowels, but there’s only so much we modern readers can do without. And then there’s “Jews,” not “Judaism.” For the authors, Jews, flesh-and-blood people, preceded Judaism as a concept and remain the appropriate focus to this day.
Recommended Citation
Greenspoon, Leonard J.
(2015)
"JewsandWords,"
International Dialogue: Vol. 5, Article 20.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32873/uno.dc.ID.5.1.1109
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