Malachi
Beit-Arie

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ellie and Herbert D. Katz Distinguished Fellowship

Research Topic

A Manual of Hebrew Manuscripts: Medieval Book Production and Design

Fellowship

1995–1996

Looking at the relationship of oral and written modes of cultural transmission, the relative values of these modes in different Jewish cultural moments and locales, and the relationship of transmission to authority.

1999–2000

Devoting an entire year of study to the subject of Christian Hebraism, especially in early modern Europe.

2005–2006

Studying all facets of the Jewish book—treating it as a historical agent in Jewish culture and as a medium of exchange within the larger cultures in which Jews have lived.