Author |
Charles Berlin. |
Imprint |
Cambridge, Mass., USA, 1973. 263 pp., illustrations: 121 b&w, 21.5 × 28 cm. English. |
Location |
Harvard University, Widener Library (25 April–25 May 1973) |
Description |
A wealth of printed material illustrating the relationship between the Jewish people and Palestine. Six chronological topics provided the exhibition’s framework: Jewish Renaissance in 16th-Century Palestine, Palestine and the Diaspora in the 17th and 18th Centuries, Modern Palestinian “Incunables”, Zionism: Forerunners and Founders, Zionism as a Mass Movement, Pioneers of the Jewish Press in Palestine (Jerusalem and Safed), Palestinian Jewry under the Mandate, The Struggle for Independence. Introduction (delivered as a lecture and reprinted in the catalog) by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi. Plate and descriptive entry for each exhibit. 120 items. |
main keywords |
ERETZ ISRAELHEBREW PRINTING, ERETZ ISRAELJEWISH PRESSPRINTED BOOKSZIONISM |
minor keywords |
Hebrew printing, JerusalemHistorical documentsHoly Land travelogues/itinerariesKabbalahPostersPrints, Eretz Israel/Holy Land |