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Today's #DavidPattersonLecture, 'Shared Words: Jews, Christians, and Prayer in Medieval Europe', will be given by Professor Elisheva Baumgarten (The Hebrew University).
Wednesday 3 June at 5 pm
Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre
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Hurrah for the Leopold Muller's very own Dr Merchán-Hamann! (if we do say so ourselves)

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Thank you to Dr. Merchán-Hamann and Professor Najman for another exciting session reading the Cairo Geniza Ben Sira manuscripts during this week’s Biblical Hebrew Reading Group.

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Tomorrow at the #DavidPattersonLecture Dean Irwin (OCHJS Visiting Fellow in Anglo-Jewish Medieval History) and Natasha Jenman (St Edmund Hall) will be discussing their new book 'The Medieval Jewish Lincoln Walking Tour'
6 pm on Thursday 28 May
Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre

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Books (and inserts) can remind us of some of the basics of being human - time is short, so make the most of it!

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A traditional memento found between the pages of one of the books we catalogued at the Jewish Community of Warsaw today.

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Happy Feast of Shavu'ot to all our readers!
Here are some Azharot from an 1843 Amsterdam Seder Mo'adim, just to get you started...

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Do not miss tomorrow's Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages Lecture!
Dr Bernardino Pitocchelli (Università di Napoli Federico II)
Textual and Material Investigations on the Judeo-Italian Bible of New York-Oxford
Wednesday 20 May 6 pm Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre
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Pagination letter used as a signature initial.

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At the next #DavidPattersonLecture Dr Piergabriele Mancuso (The Medici Archive Project) will discuss 'The Life and Works of Jona Ostiglio in 17th Century Medici Florence'
Thursday 21 May at 6 pm
Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre
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Full article: From Sister to Sister: Gella Sänger’s Guide on Jewish Law for Women https://t.co/tGbYUHvqvx

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In next week's Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period #Seminar, Patrick Sänger (Universität Münster) will discuss 'Strabo and the Jews of the Cyrenaica: Ios. ant. Iud. 14, 114-118 in Context'.
Tuesday 12 May at 2 pm
Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre
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Trinity Term's first #DavidPattersonLecture will be given by Prof. Dr Maciej Motak (Politechnika Krakowska) -
'Jewish Architects and Builders in Krakow during the Second World War: Professional Activity, Fate, Legacy'
6 pm Thursday 30 April
Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre

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Our readers will be thrilled to know that starting from next week, the Leopold Muller Memorial Library will resume its extended opening hours:
Mondays to Fridays, from 9 am to 7 pm.

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It is never too late to read the #Passover Haggadah, right? Well, maybe it is, sometimes, but surely not this lovely bilingual edition, published in Paris in 1881.

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Save the date! We've got a brilliant series of free online events lined up for you this year in partnership with the @JewishQuarterly, starting with 'Cast Out: The History of the Jews of the Arab Lands' on 13 April at 7pm, with Lyn Julius.

Find out more: https://t.co/EG4Dh03xd8

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NEW: Oxford tops QS World University Rankings in four subjects and is top overall in humanities.

This makes it the UK university with the most courses ranked top in the world.

Find out more ⬇️
https://t.co/gz2fdtPd2K

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The Leopold Muller Memorial Library will be closed from Thursday 2 April to Monday 6 April (inclusive of both dates).
We will otherwise be open during the spring break from 9 to 5, Mondays to Fridays.

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All are warmly invited to the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages Lecture on Wednesday 11 March. Professor Dr Ronny Vollandt (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität)
Steinschneider 2.0: A New Digital Handbook of Judeo-Arabic Literature
6 pm Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre
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In the #DavidPattersonLecture on Thursday 5 March Dr Margherita Mantovani (LEM - CNRS, Paris) will speak about 'Heavenly Diagrams and the Materiality of Writing in Sefer ha-Peli'ah'.
6 pm Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre
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Chag Purim Sameach 🎉

The story is told in the Book of Esther. This Esther scroll is held by @TheJohnRylands and we first saw it on a visit in 2023. It's since been restored even more.

Read our Collection Encounter with it here: https://t.co/3EidMHxAlx

#Purim #Archives