But the black and white picture in Tablet magazine described the manuscript as a “16th to 17th century Hebrew book of Psalms, said to be from the Bamiyan area” of central Afghanistan.

“It’s the largest Hebrew manuscript collection assembled since the early 20th century,” said one scholar. (JTA) — The National Library of Israel has announced the acquisition of 60,000 ...

“However I have never had an opportunity to sell an early illustrated medieval Hebrew prayerbook and I’d be surprised if I ever have this opportunity again. It is such a rare manuscript.

Our internationally-renowned Hebrew collections are astonishingly diverse, covering all aspects of Jewish life as lived in Europe, North Africa and further afield. These manuscripts have been ...

Hebrew Union College was founded in Cincinnati ... the Klau Library in Cincinnati includes rare incunabula, illuminated manuscripts, Biblical codices, communal records, legal documents and ...

Sotheby’s sold a roughly 1,100-year-old Hebrew manuscript for $38.1 million on Wednesday. The 26-pound book is the second-most expensive historical document ever auctioned. Photo: Courtesy of ...

the classic works of ancient and medieval Hebrew and Jewish literature became widely available to Jewish (and non-Jewish) readers for the first time. Printing, though, was not merely the duplication ...