Dr Israel M. Sandman continues his exploration of the ḤaBaD Hasidic manuscripts in the Rylands’ collection, exploring the authoritativeness of various manuscripts, and methods for maintaining textual accuracy.
Dr Israel M. Sandman explores some fascinating aspects of the Rylands’ ḤaBaD Hasidic manuscripts collection, all available online now.
Among the many manuscripts bought from the famous rabbi and scholar Moses Gaster (1856-1939), the John Rylands Library holds a curious copy of a Karaite work.
In the first part of this blog, I introduced the magical signs called charaktêres that you can encounter in Jewish magical manuscripts. OriginallyContinue Reading
‘The Other Within’ – The Hebrew and Jewish Collections of The John Rylands Library Monday 27–Wednesday 29 June 2016 at TheContinue Reading
Updated Call for Papers: ‘The Other Within’: The Hebrew and Jewish Collections of The John Rylands Library Conference, Monday 27-WednesdayContinue Reading
Call for Papers: ‘The Other Within’ – The Hebrew and Jewish Collections of The John Rylands Library Monday 27-Wednesday 29Continue Reading
“The Other Within”: The Hebrew and Jewish Collections of the John Rylands Library Date: Monday 27 – Wednesday 29 JuneContinue Reading
On 30 April Professor Emile G. L. Schrijver, Professor of Jewish Book History at the University of Amsterdam and curator ofContinue Reading
The John Rylands Library has recently agreed to contribute high quality images and metadata of its Genizah Collection to the Friedberg Genizah ProjectContinue Reading