Events

Colloquium Methodology of Hebrew Palaeography. Expertise, art or science ?

Campus Condorcet, Paris Organized by Dr Evgeniya Zarubina – ERC Synergy MiDRASH, EPHE – PSL, Paris, France About the colloquium From an outsider’s perspective, the work of Hebrew palaeographers can appear mysterious. How do they know that a manuscript was indeed written by Maimonides? What evidence supports claims of provenance and authorship? What implicit assumptions […]

Secrets of the Cairo Geniza to Be Revealed

A groundbreaking project based on the National Library of Israel’s digital database of Hebrew manuscripts has enabled automatic transcription of the entire Cairo Geniza, making it searchable and accessible worldwide. On Monday, November 24, 10:00-11:00, MiDRASH team leaders Professor Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, Professor Nachum Dershowitz, Dr. Avi Shmidman, will present their work their work […]