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UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl) Download date:07 Oct 2021 Arranging Reality Arranging UITNODIGING voor het bijwonen van de openbare verdediging van mijn proefschrift ARRANGING REALITY The Editing Mechanisms of the World’s First Yiddish Yiddish Newspaper, the Newspaper, Yiddish First World’s Mechanisms of the The Editing Arranging Reality Newspaper, the Kurant The Editing Mechanisms of the World’s First Yiddish (Amsterdam 1686-1687) Newspaper, the Kurant (Amsterdam, 1686-1687) Op 27 juni 2014 om 11.00 uur in de Aula van de Universiteit van Hilde Pach-Oosterbroek Amsterdam, Kurant Singel 411, Amsterdam (Amsterdam, 1686-1687) (Amsterdam, Aansluitend receptie in hetzelfde gebouw Vanaf 18.30 uur is er eten en drinken in Restaurant Roezemoes Land van Cocagneplein 1A 1093 NB Amsterdam Hilde Pach [email protected] Hilde Pach-Oosterbroek PARANIMFEN Lydia Rood 0299 475565 [email protected] Marianne Oosterbroek 06 22853363 [email protected] ARRANGING REALITY THE EDITING MECHANISMS OF THE WORLD’S FIRST YIDDISH NEWSPAPER, THE KURANT (AMSTERDAM, 1686-1687) ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof. dr. D.C. van den Boom ten overstaan van een door het college voor promoties ingestelde commissie, in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Aula der Universiteit op vrijdag 27 juni 2014, te 11.00 uur door Hilde Oosterbroek geboren te Goes Promotiecommissie Promotor: Prof. dr. I.E. Zwiep Co-promotor: Prof. dr. S.Z. Berger Overige leden: prof. dr. E.M.P. van Gemert prof. dr. E.G.L. Schrijver prof. dr. W.J. van Bekkum prof. dr. J.W. van Henten prof. dr. M. Aptroot Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen © Hilde Pach-Oosterbroek 2014 Printed by Gildeprint – www.gildeprint.nl Voor papa en mama Table of contents Dankwoord (Acknowledgments) ___________________________________________________ 9 1. Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 11 1.1. Earlier research on the Kurant ________________________________________________________ 12 1.2. Research question _________________________________________________________________ 15 1.3. Content __________________________________________________________________________ 18 Part 1. The Landscape of the Kurant ___________________________________________ 23 2. The main events in the Dutch Republic and abroad _________________________________ 25 2.1. National news _____________________________________________________________________ 25 2.2. International news _________________________________________________________________ 26 3. The Dutch press _____________________________________________________________ 30 3.1. The origins of the Dutch press ________________________________________________________ 31 3.2 The first Dutch newspapers and their makers ____________________________________________ 32 3.2.1. Dutch-language newspapers _____________________________________________________ 32 3.2.2. Newspapers in foreign languages _________________________________________________ 38 3.2.3. The publishers of the Dutch newspapers ___________________________________________ 40 3.3. The gathering of the news ___________________________________________________________ 40 3.4. Form ____________________________________________________________________________ 42 3.5. Content __________________________________________________________________________ 43 3.6. Government control ________________________________________________________________ 45 3.7. Circulation, distribution and the readers ________________________________________________ 47 3.8. Which newspapers appeared in the Netherlands in 1686 and 1687? _________________________ 50 3.9. The Gazeta de Amsterdam and the Gazzetta d’Amsterdam _________________________________ 51 3.9.1. The Gazeta de Amsterdam of January 7, 1675 _______________________________________ 52 3.9.2. The Gazzetta d’Amsterdam of September 14, 1673 ___________________________________ 54 4. The readers _________________________________________________________________ 55 4.1. The Jews of Amsterdam _____________________________________________________________ 55 4.2. What did the Ashkenazi Jews read? ____________________________________________________ 58 4.3. Jewish-Christian contacts ____________________________________________________________ 60 4.4. Cultural transfer between Ashkenazim and Sephardim ____________________________________ 61 4.5. How many readers? ________________________________________________________________ 61 Part 2. The Kurant and its Makers _____________________________________________ 63 5. Bibliographical description ____________________________________________________ 65 5.1. Content __________________________________________________________________________ 65 5.2. Format ___________________________________________________________________________ 65 5.3. Printing types, lay-out _______________________________________________________________ 66 5.4. Colophon _________________________________________________________________________ 67 5.5. First issue_________________________________________________________________________ 70 5.6. Frequency ________________________________________________________________________ 71 5.7. Missing issues _____________________________________________________________________ 71 5.8. Incorrect dates ____________________________________________________________________ 72 5.9. Condition of the volume and the issues ________________________________________________ 73 5.10. Notes and marks in handwriting _____________________________________________________ 74 5.11. Stamps __________________________________________________________________________ 75 6. The makers _________________________________________________________________ 76 6.1. Uri Faybesh Halevi (1627-1715) _______________________________________________________ 76 6.2. David de Castro Tartas (c. 1625-c. 1700) ________________________________________________ 81 6.3. Moushe bar Avrom Ovinu (Moshe bar Avraham Avinu) (?-1733/1734)________________________ 83 5 Part 3. The Editor at Work ___________________________________________________ 89 7. The sources of the Kurant _____________________________________________________ 91 7.1. What is a source? __________________________________________________________________ 92 7.2. Tables ___________________________________________________________________________ 92 7.3. Conclusions _______________________________________________________________________ 96 8. Selection and editing: examination in detail _______________________________________ 98 8.1. Language _________________________________________________________________________ 98 8.2. The four issues ____________________________________________________________________ 98 8.3. Selection, translation and editing: Dinstagishe Kuranten September 3, 1686 ___________________ 99 8.3.1. Selection ____________________________________________________________________ 133 8.3.2. Conclusions __________________________________________________________________ 134 8.3.2.1. Sources _________________________________________________________________ 134 8.3.2.2. Dating __________________________________________________________________ 134 8.3.2.3. Geographical order ________________________________________________________ 134 8.3.2.4. Editing __________________________________________________________________ 134 8.4. Was the Ordinaire Leydse Courant really a source for the Kurant? Fraytagishe Kuranten November 22, 1686 ____________________________________________________________________________ 136 8.4.1. Selection ____________________________________________________________________ 150 8.4.2. Conclusions __________________________________________________________________ 150 8.4.2.1. Sources _________________________________________________________________ 150 8.4.2.2. Dating __________________________________________________________________ 151 8.4.2.3 Geographical order ________________________________________________________ 151 8.5. The use of the Oprechte Haerlemse Courant and the Amsterdamse Courant (twice a week): Dinstagishe Kuranten May 6, 1687 _______________________________________________________