Exhibition: Materialisierte Heiligkeit. Jüdische Buchkunst im rituellen Kontext

19 October 2025 – 25 January 2026, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 8

The Stabi Kulturwerk is presenting selected Hebrew manuscripts from the important Hebraica collection of the Berlin State Library in a new special exhibition. The exhibition offers fascinating insights into the world of Jewish book art and impressively showcases not only masterful design and artistic craftsmanship, but also the cultural and ritual diversity of the contexts in which they were created.

Outstanding pieces come from the famous Erfurt Collection, including artistic micrographs, traces of Christian Hebraism and evidence of ritual Torah production. Among other things, visitors can see the largest Hebrew Bible of the Middle Ages, two exceptionally well-preserved Ashkenazi Torah scrolls and a large-format prayer book from the 14th century.


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About Maria Stürzebecher

I am the curator of the Museum Old Synagogue in Erfurt and scientific coordinator for the UNESCO World Heritage application Jewish-Medieval Heritage in Erfurt. Since 2012, I am editing the series "Erfurter Schriften zur Jüdischen Geschichte"; in 2020, the 6th volume "Ritual Objects in Ritual Contexts." was published. I studied History of Arts, Archaeology, Sociology and History and wrote my PhD thesis about the medieval Erfurt Treasure, which was published in 2009 entitled „Der Schatzfund aus der Erfurter Michaelisstrasse – Mittelalterliche Goldschmiedearbeiten als Zeugnisse jüdischen Lebens in Erfurt“.