Talk: Die Restaurierung der Erfurter Bibel (in German) by Ira Glasa and Christine Theuerkauf-Rietz 

13 January 2026, 18:00 CET, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Wilhelm-von-Humboldt-Saal, Unter den Linden 8, 10117 Berlin

The two-volume Erfurt Bible is the world’s largest known Hebrew parchment Bible, which is why it is also known as the ‘Giant Bible’. It originates from the Jewish community in Erfurt, which fell victim to a pogrom in 1349. The manuscripts were saved and finally arrived at what is now the Berlin State Library in 1880. The volumes, which were damaged during the Second World War, have been undergoing restoration since 2000. While the first volume is still being worked on, the second volume can now be used again in the form of individual sheets. Some of these are also on display in the exhibition ‘Materialised Holiness. Jewish Book Art in a Ritual Context’.


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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“.