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This presentation examines the travel diaries of Hayim Joseph David Azualai, an emissary of the Jews of the Palestine in the third quarter of the eighteenth century. In particular it addresses the question of the place of reading and books in his diaries and compare Azulai's experience of books and reading to two of his contemporaries Hayim Isaac Karigal and Israel Landau.
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Event Website
http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/emw/emw2011/
Start Date
22-8-2011 1:00 PM
Location
University of Texas at Austin
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Cultural History Commons, European History Commons, History of Religion Commons, Jewish Studies Commons
The Travel Diaries of Hayim Joseph David Azulai
University of Texas at Austin
This presentation examines the travel diaries of Hayim Joseph David Azualai, an emissary of the Jews of the Palestine in the third quarter of the eighteenth century. In particular it addresses the question of the place of reading and books in his diaries and compare Azulai's experience of books and reading to two of his contemporaries Hayim Isaac Karigal and Israel Landau.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
https://research.library.fordham.edu/emw/emw2011/emw2011/5
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