Since the second half of the 19th century, modern Jewish libraries spread throughout Europe. The appreciation of these mostly secular, scientific, and public institutions followed the esteem traditionally enjoyed by books and libraries as repositories of knowledge in Judaism. Modern Jewish libraries responded to the change in the reading and living environment by going beyond the canon of sacred text…
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Kirchhoff, Markus, “Libraries”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 05 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0096>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20210312
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