New endowment supports the Bodleian Hebrew collection

FUNDING: Major donation secures Oxford University's famous Hebrew collections. Beyond the aforementioned works, the library holds a collection of Hebrew texts from all over the world, ranging from Western, Central and Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and China (Cody Levine, Jerusalem Post). On "the aforementioned works":

Among the collection of Hebrew-language books at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University include a catalog from 1605, in addition to a collection of early Hebrew and Yiddish printed books, a fragment of Maimonides' autograph draft of the Mishneh Torah from the Cairo Genizah and manuscripts of the Torah. Prized works held by the library also include the 15th century Kennicott Bible, still with its original goatskin box-binding and an illuminated 14th century Tripartite Maḥzor from the Michael collection.

Dr César Merchán-Hamann is the new Curator of the collection. Congratulations to him and to the Bodleian Library!

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