Medieval History
Three Hebrew biblical MSS
Pentateuch. Eretz Israel. 10th cent.('Crown of Damascus')
Bible. Spain 1260 ('Crown of Damascus')
Bible. Spain 1341
can be seen and downloaded at http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/mss/index_eng.html.
The first MS was used in the Biblia Hebraica Quinta 5, Deuteronomy, 2008. Is was also published as a facsimile by
D. S. Loewinger & Malachi Beit-Arié, 1978 and 1982, The Damascus Pentateuch.Manuscript from about the Year 1000 Containing Almost the Whole Pentateuch. Jewish National and Univ. Library, Jerusalem, Hebr. Quart. 5702. Part I. Part II. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger.
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Medieval History
Three Medieval Hebrew biblical MSS
Three Hebrew biblical MSS
Pentateuch. Eretz Israel. 10th cent.('Crown of Damascus')
Bible. Spain 1260 ('Crown of Damascus')
Bible. Spain 1341
can be seen and downloaded at http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/mss/index_eng.html.
The first MS was used in the Biblia Hebraica Quinta 5, Deuteronomy, 2008. Is was also published as a facsimile by
D. S. Loewinger & Malachi Beit-Arié, 1978 and 1982, The Damascus Pentateuch.Manuscript from about the Year 1000 Containing Almost the Whole Pentateuch. Jewish National and Univ. Library, Jerusalem, Hebr. Quart. 5702. Part I. Part II. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger.
- Israeli Library Unveils Medieval Manuscript Collection Discovered In Afghanistan
A trove of ancient manuscripts in Hebrew characters rescued from caves in a Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan is providing the first physical evidence of a Jewish community that thrived there a thousand years ago. On Thursday Israel's...
- ?crossing Borders: Manuscripts From The Bodleian Libraries? Comes To New York This Fall
The Jewish Museum in New York will be featuring over 60 medieval Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin manuscripts this fall as it presents a new exhibition based on works found in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the...
- New Medieval Library Inaugurated
Members of the Harvard community gathered yesterday in the Barker Center to celebrate the inauguration of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, a new translation series produced and distributed by Harvard University Press that will make the written achievements...
- Cemeteries And Altars From 1st And 4th Centuries Found Near Mar Taqla Site In Syria
The national archeological mission working near the site of Mar Taqla (St. Thecla) in Ein Mnin in Damascus Countryside Province, discovered a number of rock-carved halls and some Roman and Byzantine cemeteries dating back to the period between the 1st...
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