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’.