Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

History:

16th - 18th Centuries CE 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner History of Jewish Publishing

Description

The battle over production of Rabbi Meir of Padua's edition of Rambam's Mishneh Torah, and the fallout from that battle. Includes a brief discussion of Jewish copyright law. Intended for a group without extensive background in studying Jewish text. An older version of this class is also found on YUTorah, but this version has significant added material.