Communication in the Jewish Diaspora

Presents the main developments in communication in the Jewish world before the era of mass media. The text examines the principal means of communication among the Jewish communities in the Islamic world, Christian Europe, the Ottoman Empire and the New World, from the 7th until the 19th century.

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Written by some of the most outstanding researchers in the field of Jewish history, this collection offers a rich and consistent picture of the main developments in communications in the Jewish world before the era of the mass-media. This pioneering research deals with both the techniques of communications and linguistic developments in communities widely separated between Europe, North Africa, and the Levant.