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My teacher for Funky Manuscripts class manages quite happily without digital aids - he doesn't type, doesn't print stuff, doesn't use email. Well, today the class got to talking about advances in technology, such as the invention of the printing press (this is Manuscripts class, remember), and someone says "You know, Professor, you should really get email." And he replies "Oh...well...I don't have email, so I don't have to go to any faculty meetings, baruch haShem..."
The rest of class was pretty cool - one part had to do with what people printed first. Printers didn't want to do the holy books on their own,* so they printed commentaries, and eventually they got brave enough to print the commentaries with the texts they were commenting on. These days we buy Chumash with Rashi - did you know that there were ten printed editions of Rashi before an edition of Rashi with Chumash came out?
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lethargic_man's post on this subject.
* perhaps because they thought everyone knew the basics already, or at least had written copies, or perhaps they felt a bit delicate about printing the core texts in an oral tradition
The rest of class was pretty cool - one part had to do with what people printed first. Printers didn't want to do the holy books on their own,* so they printed commentaries, and eventually they got brave enough to print the commentaries with the texts they were commenting on. These days we buy Chumash with Rashi - did you know that there were ten printed editions of Rashi before an edition of Rashi with Chumash came out?
ETA: See also
lethargic_man's post on this subject.* perhaps because they thought everyone knew the basics already, or at least had written copies, or perhaps they felt a bit delicate about printing the core texts in an oral tradition
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