Lost in translation, found in transliteration: books, censorship, and the evolution of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation of London as a linguistic community, 1663-1810
Introduction -- Books and Censorship in Theory: Disciplining a New-Born Community -- The 1664 Censorship Article: Background and Sources -- Other Imposed and Self-Imposed Censorships: The Quakers -- The Evolution of the Censorship Article of the Ascamot -- Variations on Censorship: The Language-Cont...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden
Koninklijke Brill NV
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Kerner, Alex, Lost in translation, found in transliteration] (2021) (Sclar, David)
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| Series/Journal: | Studies in Jewish History and Culture
53 |
| Further subjects: | B
Jews (England) (London)
B Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation (London, England) B Jewish literature Censorship History (Europe) 16th century B Jewish literature Censorship History (Europe) 17th century |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Kerner, Alex: Lost in translation, found in transliteration. Books, censorship, and the evolution of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews? Congregation of London as a linguistic community, 1663-1810. - Leiden : Koninklijke Brill NV 2018. - 9789004367036 |
| Summary: | Introduction -- Books and Censorship in Theory: Disciplining a New-Born Community -- The 1664 Censorship Article: Background and Sources -- Other Imposed and Self-Imposed Censorships: The Quakers -- The Evolution of the Censorship Article of the Ascamot -- Variations on Censorship: The Language-Control Policy of the Congregation -- Introduction -- Ritual -- Administration -- Print and Publications -- “King and Country” -- Books and Censorship in Practice: The “Kosher Imprimatur” in London’s Sha’ar Hashamayim Congregation -- Introduction -- 1664–1677: Privately Owned, Imported Prayer Books -- 1677–1693: The Beginning of the Congregation’s Library -- 1677–1693: Potential Dangerous Readings: Pamphlets and Conversionist Trends -- 1693–1733: The Era of David Nieto -- 1733–1781: Censorship at its Peak—Moseh Nieto’s Prayer Book -- 1781–1810: An “Expected Good End”? English Displaces Spanish -- Conclusion: The Sephardic Congregation of London as a Linguistic Community. In Lost in Translation, Found in Transliteration , Alex Kerner examines London’s Spanish andamp; Portuguese Jews’ congregation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as a community that delineated its identity not only along ethnic and religious lines, but also along the various languages spoken by its members. By zealously keeping Hebrew and Spanish for prayer and Portuguese for community administration, generations of wardens attempted to keep control over their community, alongside a tough censorial policy on book printing. Clinging to the Iberian languages worked as a bulwark against assimilation, adding language to religion as an additional identity component. As Spanish and Portuguese speaking generations were replaced with younger ones, English permeated daily and community life intensifying assimilationist trends |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-36705-0 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004367050 |
