Hebrew – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

‘By A Lady: A Hebrew-English dictionary by Abigail Lindo

Posted on 13 May 2024 by Yasmin

By Tamar S. Drukker Among the many books left to the University of Cambridge by the late professor of Hebrew, Raphael Loewe (1919-2011) is a […]

Hebrew, Special Collections

Augusta de Wit and the Genizah hoard

Posted on 13 February 2024 by Catherine Ansorge

The discovery of the Cairo Genizah manuscript fragments in the synagogue in Al-Fustat, Old Cairo, has already been well documented. In January 1897, Solomon Schechter, […]

Collectors and collecting, Hebrew, Manuscripts, Special Collections, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Printing, Paper, and Provenance Projects in the Post-Medieval Genizah Collection

Posted on 19 July 2022 by Special Collections

Guest post by Dr Nick Posegay. One of the special collections here at the CUL is the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection. It contains over 190,000 […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Fragments, Hebrew, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Special Collections, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

James Rendel Harris: a Bible scholar on a quest for manuscripts

Posted on 11 October 2021 by Catherine Ansorge

The later decades of the nineteenth century witnessed new directions being forged in the study of biblical texts, as new manuscript discoveries stimulated advances in […]

Collectors and collecting, Hebrew, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Special Collections

“I have just set a Hungarian rabbi at work…

Posted on 8 December 2018 by Catherine Ansorge

…upon our Hebrew manuscripts” said Henry Bradshaw in June 1865. Bradshaw was Head of the manuscript collections in the University Library and was keen to […]

Collectors and collecting, Hebrew, Library history, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Special Collections