Read the blog post by Alyssa Steiner about “I, Estellina: Jewish women and early printing” via the British Library blog.
Category Archives: Digital Humanities
Qumran, Qaraites and Controversies: Mosseri I.40
Read the new fragment of the month post by Ben Outhwaite, “Qumran, Qaraites and Controversies: Mosseri I.40” via the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit.
Rabbi Isaiah HaLevi ben Mishaʾel: The Rambam’s Brother-in-Law and His Two Works
Read the new post by Yehuda Seewald about “Rabbi Isaiah HaLevi ben Mishaʾel: The Rambam’s Brother-in-Law and His Two Works” via the blog of the Taylor-Schechter Geniza Research Unit.
Body Parts, Veins and Pathologies in Judeo-Italian and Latin in Hebrew Characters
Read the new blog post by Justine Isserles about “Body Parts, Veins and Pathologies in Judeo-Italian and Latin in Hebrew Characters” via the The Jewish Languages Bookshelf blog.
T-S A36.18 – hole-y megillah it’s the oldest!
Read the new Fragment of the Month post about the oldest megillah.
The Maldives and “the beginning of the season”: can we guess the sailing month mentioned in Madmūn b. Ḥasan’s letter?
Nazim Sattar writes about “The Maldives and “the beginning of the season”: can we guess the sailing month mentioned in Madmūn b. Ḥasan’s letter?” in the Fragment of the Month via the blog of the T-S Genizah Research Unit.
Middle Ages for Educators (MAFE) Special Series: Jewish Life in the Middle Ages
Curated by Elisheva Baumgarten, Maya Soifer Irish, Marcia Kupfer, and Asa Mittman, this project aims to create a series of enriching, open-access resources (OARs) on medieval Jewish life for students, instructors, and the general public.
A new video by Diane Wolfthal (Rice University) explores illustrated Yiddish manuscripts from the 15-16th centuries.
A fragment of a piyyut by Qilliri for Yom Kippur from the Collection of Yeshiva University
Read this new Fragment of the Month post about “A fragment of a piyyut by Qilliri for Yom Kippur from the Collection of Yeshiva University” by Shulamith Berger, Joseph Ginsberg, and Aaron Koller.
Unraveling a Genizah Mystery: New Insights into Saadia Gaon’s Biblical Commentary and Anti-Karaite Polemic
Read the new Fragment of the Month post by Yehuda Seewald about “Unraveling a Genizah Mystery: New Insights into Saadia Gaon’s Biblical Commentary and Anti-Karaite Polemic.”
The Jerusalem Talmud: The Beta Version of the Gemara
Read tihs article via the Librarians blog of the nationla Library of Israel.