Les Enluminures, a French gallery and store puts up digitized copies of the manuscripts they have for sale at http://www.textmanuscripts.com/index.php.
They have a small selection of Hebrew manuscripts.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
September 22: Open House at George Washington University Library
An introduction to the treasures of
The I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Kiev Room, Gelman Library
7th floor
Refreshments in the foyer
12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Reception & hors d’oeuvres
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Remarks
by the University Librarian
and the Curator of the Collection
5:00 p.m.
The I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Kiev Room, Gelman Library
7th floor
Refreshments in the foyer
12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Reception & hors d’oeuvres
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Remarks
by the University Librarian
and the Curator of the Collection
5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Sep 13: Lecture at the Library of Congress
The Hebraic Section
African and Middle Eastern Division
Library of Congress
presents:
"Rethinking the Canon of Modern Jewish Thought"
A lecture
by
Gershon Greenberg
Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion
American University, Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
12:00-1:00
African & Middle Eastern Division Conference Room
Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ 220
10 First St. S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20540
Metro: Capital South
For information: Sharon Horowitz (202)707-3780 or email: shor@loc.gov
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202)707-6362 or email: ada@loc.gov
African and Middle Eastern Division
Library of Congress
presents:
"Rethinking the Canon of Modern Jewish Thought"
A lecture
by
Gershon Greenberg
Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion
American University, Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
12:00-1:00
African & Middle Eastern Division Conference Room
Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ 220
10 First St. S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20540
Metro: Capital South
For information: Sharon Horowitz (202)707-3780 or email: shor@loc.gov
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202)707-6362 or email: ada@loc.gov
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Digital News
Tarbiz and Zion are now available on JSTOR.
The National Library in Jerusalem now has links to most digitized Hebrew manuscripts through their catalog.
Details are available at the Talmud Blog with links (as well as some other information about recent developments in digitized material for rabbinics).
The National Library in Jerusalem now has links to most digitized Hebrew manuscripts through their catalog.
Details are available at the Talmud Blog with links (as well as some other information about recent developments in digitized material for rabbinics).
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Call for Papers: Session on Manuscripts at International Medieval Congress
Call for Papers: “Outside the Ruling: Signs of Use in Medieval Manuscripts”
International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 9-12 July 2012.
Organizers: Kathryn Rudy, University of St Andrews, and Kathryn Gerry, University of Kansas
Sponsor: St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies
The careful planning and structuring of medieval books offer implied guidelines for how they should be used, but as is made clear by many of the manuscripts themselves, readers were free to follow or ignore such guidelines. This session will include papers on the physical manifestations of use in medieval manuscripts, with an emphasis on the ways medieval readers/viewers interacted with their books. Interaction could include touching, rubbing, kissing, or adding/removing materials from medieval manuscripts, at any stage in the course of their lives; evidence of such interaction might be manifest in the materials of a given manuscript (including leaves, bindings, pigments, inks, gold, etc), or might be reflected in a later copy, description or depiction. Papers might also explore ways in which producers of books (or portions of books) sought to direct, control, hinder, or otherwise mediate the responses of readers/viewers. We seek papers from researchers in art history, history, literature, codicology, conservation, history of religions, and other fields concerned with the history of the medieval book. It is our intention to publish a collection of essays on this subject, and papers accepted in this session will be considered for inclusion in this project.
Papers should be 20 minutes in length, to be delivered in English. Please send an abstract of not more than 250 words and a current CV to both of the organizers: Kathryn Gerry ( kbgerry@gmail.com) and Kathryn Rudy (kmr7@st-andrews.ac.uk); proposals must be received by Friday, 9 September, 2011.
The nineteenth International Medieval Congress will take place at Leeds, UK, 9-12 July, 2012; for more information on the IMC, please visit http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/
International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 9-12 July 2012.
Organizers: Kathryn Rudy, University of St Andrews, and Kathryn Gerry, University of Kansas
Sponsor: St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies
The careful planning and structuring of medieval books offer implied guidelines for how they should be used, but as is made clear by many of the manuscripts themselves, readers were free to follow or ignore such guidelines. This session will include papers on the physical manifestations of use in medieval manuscripts, with an emphasis on the ways medieval readers/viewers interacted with their books. Interaction could include touching, rubbing, kissing, or adding/removing materials from medieval manuscripts, at any stage in the course of their lives; evidence of such interaction might be manifest in the materials of a given manuscript (including leaves, bindings, pigments, inks, gold, etc), or might be reflected in a later copy, description or depiction. Papers might also explore ways in which producers of books (or portions of books) sought to direct, control, hinder, or otherwise mediate the responses of readers/viewers. We seek papers from researchers in art history, history, literature, codicology, conservation, history of religions, and other fields concerned with the history of the medieval book. It is our intention to publish a collection of essays on this subject, and papers accepted in this session will be considered for inclusion in this project.
Papers should be 20 minutes in length, to be delivered in English. Please send an abstract of not more than 250 words and a current CV to both of the organizers: Kathryn Gerry ( kbgerry@gmail.com) and Kathryn Rudy (kmr7@st-andrews.ac.uk); proposals must be received by Friday, 9 September, 2011.
The nineteenth International Medieval Congress will take place at Leeds, UK, 9-12 July, 2012; for more information on the IMC, please visit http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
New Curator at Bodleian and Yarnton Manor
Cesar Merchan Hamann will be the new curator of Hebraica and Judaica in Oxford libraries.
See http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51220/curator-named-oxford-hebrew-centre for the announcement in the Jewish Chronicle.
Congratulations and best wishes to Piet van Boxel on his retirement.
See http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51220/curator-named-oxford-hebrew-centre for the announcement in the Jewish Chronicle.
Congratulations and best wishes to Piet van Boxel on his retirement.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Positions in Germany for Work on the Masora
SFB 933
"Materiale Textkulturen. Materialität und Präsenz des Geschrieben in non-typographischen Gesellschaften" (http://www.materiale-textkulturen.de)
Project B4 (Jewish Studies)
Scholarly Knowledge, Drollery or Esotericism? The Hebrew Bible's Masora in its Various Material Properties
invites applications for two positions, one Post-Doc and One Doctoral stipend to begin Juli 1, 2011:
TVL E 13, 100% (Post-Doc)
und
TVL E 13, 65% (Dissertation Project)
This project deals with the Hebrew Bible's Masoretic Traditions as found in micrographic form in the Hebrew Bible codices from the High Middle Ages (masora figurata) as well as in non-figurative layouts in Hebrew Commentaries and Grammatical treatises.
It will concentrate on the area of text reception in its relationship to materiality and, thereby, focus on the question in which way handwritten artefacts effectively shape the meaning attributed to it through its material presence.
1. Post-Doc position (TVL E 13 100%):
The successful candidate will be working on the editing of the masora figurata in one Hebrew Biblical manuscript (digital edition of the text and its illustrations). In addition, the edition will be accompagnied by an indexing commentary and partial translation.
2. Doctoral stipend (TVL E 13 65%):
The successful candidate will be working on the masorah references found in Biblical commentaries and grammatical treatises as his PhD-project.
The integration of the project into the collaborative research center 933 and as well as into the research network of the Center for Jewish Studies demands regular attendance at Heidelberg. For further information, please contact:
Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Hanna Liss
Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Landfriedstr. 12, 69117 Heidelberg
Tel: +49-6221-54-192-27 // Fax: +49-6221-54-192-09
email: hanna.liss@hfjs.eu
Applications should be sent only via email (PDF)
"Materiale Textkulturen. Materialität und Präsenz des Geschrieben in non-typographischen Gesellschaften" (http://www.materiale-textkulturen.de)
Project B4 (Jewish Studies)
Scholarly Knowledge, Drollery or Esotericism? The Hebrew Bible's Masora in its Various Material Properties
invites applications for two positions, one Post-Doc and One Doctoral stipend to begin Juli 1, 2011:
TVL E 13, 100% (Post-Doc)
und
TVL E 13, 65% (Dissertation Project)
This project deals with the Hebrew Bible's Masoretic Traditions as found in micrographic form in the Hebrew Bible codices from the High Middle Ages (masora figurata) as well as in non-figurative layouts in Hebrew Commentaries and Grammatical treatises.
It will concentrate on the area of text reception in its relationship to materiality and, thereby, focus on the question in which way handwritten artefacts effectively shape the meaning attributed to it through its material presence.
1. Post-Doc position (TVL E 13 100%):
The successful candidate will be working on the editing of the masora figurata in one Hebrew Biblical manuscript (digital edition of the text and its illustrations). In addition, the edition will be accompagnied by an indexing commentary and partial translation.
2. Doctoral stipend (TVL E 13 65%):
The successful candidate will be working on the masorah references found in Biblical commentaries and grammatical treatises as his PhD-project.
The integration of the project into the collaborative research center 933 and as well as into the research network of the Center for Jewish Studies demands regular attendance at Heidelberg. For further information, please contact:
Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Hanna Liss
Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Landfriedstr. 12, 69117 Heidelberg
Tel: +49-6221-54-192-27 // Fax: +49-6221-54-192-09
email: hanna.liss@hfjs.eu
Applications should be sent only via email (PDF)
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