Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks’s new novel, People of the Book, explores the history of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah – one of the earliest illuminated Jewish volumes.
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Wednesday, January 9 at 7 pm
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Comments [5]
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Passover/TO_Pesach_History/Medieval_409.htm
what a beautiful book - the Sarajevo Hagadah
see here:
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Passover/TO_Pesach_History/Medieval_409.htm
Just reserved the at my library, can't wait to read it.
I thought the city of Prague itself was meant as a museum or "monument" to an extinct race... What a great story...
also the section that features "people of the book" is one of the koranic touchstones that progressive muslims look to for a divine mandate of tolerance and peace...
I love Ms. Brooks' book: Year of Wonder and have People of the Book on hold at the library! I find it interesting that she says that there were no illustrations on Jewish medieval works due to an interpretation of the command re: graven images. There are plenty of ancient Jewish Kesubos (marriage contracts), haggados, etc. with illustrations.
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