United Kingdom, partner of the Hebrew Fragments in European Libraries project

No systematic search for the fragments in British collections has been undertaken in the past. Recently, the search for the fragments is carried on by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and the French team in collaboration with the British Library and the Cairo Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge. An important part of the British project is the connection between the Cairo Genizah Collections and the fragments found in the bindings: a recent survey carried in the Cambridge University Library revealed that several dozens of fragments which were thought to emanate from the Cairo Genizah actually come from bindings of Spanish manuscripts. The development of the British part of the project is one of our priorities, given the numbers of Latin and other manuscripts in British collections and the undeniable interest and diversity of the fragments found and published so far.

Institutions and researchers

  • Cairo Genizah Research Unit, University of Cambridge

    contact person : Ben Outhwaite

News

ERC Synergy MiDRASH (Grant N° 101071829) Call for Applications Two Doctoral or Post-Doctoral Research Contracts in Medieval Hebrew Palaeography

Monday January 20, 2025

The École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL-University in Paris, France, is inviting candidates for two Doctoral scholarships in the field of Hebrew Palaeography and Manuscript Studies. The successful candidates will prepare their doctorate at the EPHE, PSL, under the supervision of Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and will join the team led by her in the framework of the ERC Synergy project MiDRASH (Migrations of Textual and Scribal Traditions via Large-Scale Computational Analysis of Medieval Manuscripts in Hebrew Script).

We invite doctoral/post-doctoral proposals on individual topics within the following broader fields:

  • Palaeography 1: “Medieval Hebrew Liturgical Manuscripts: Between France and Germany”
  • Palaeography 2: “The Mishnah, the Talmud and their Commentaries: Codicology, Palaeography and Book History”

Application deadline: 30 April 2025 Midnight, Central European Summer Time

Les Mélanges offerts à Mauro Perani

Friday January 10, 2025

Habent
 sua fata fragmenta", Europeaun Genizah Texts and studies , volume 7, 
dans la collection Studies in Jewish History and Culture, volume 76, vient de paraître chez Brill.