In the early 2010s, antiquity dealers began approaching Israeli institutions with startling offerings: centuries-old manuscripts that had been found in the caves of northern Afghanistan. Spanning ...

The rare medieval scroll is a unique example of Jewish history, displaying distinctive letter forms and decorative markings that were not merely aesthetic but also reflected ancient traditions. Rare ...

Known as the Birds’ Head Haggadah, the medieval manuscript features illustrated figures with human bodies and bird heads laboring to make the traditional matzah bread eaten during Passover. (JTA) — ...

To today’s audiences, medieval art can look outright bizarre. Before the stylistic shifts that defined the Renaissance, medieval illustrations often featured flat, unrealistic figures and fantastical ...

Even as Karen Kassap cocooned with her family while the world shut down last March, the world insisted on intruding — the pandemic, racial strife, politics. And so, with no particular project in mind, ...

A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with archaeologists from Oxford Archaeology, have found the first evidence of a religious diet locked inside pottery fragments excavated from ...

Manuscript of “Two Leaves from the Mirror of Human Salvation” formerly used as a book cover (Germany, late 14th century), ink and pigments on medium weight, cream-colored parchment (courtesy the ...

Join us for the keynote lecture of this year's Jewish Thought Workshop at Princeton University on Monday, May 11. Our speaker this year is James Theodore Robinson, who at The University of Chicago ...

Archaeologists have found the first evidence of a religious diet locked inside pottery fragments excavated from the early medieval Jewish community. A team of scientists, led by the University of ...

Rare parchment leaves from one of the earliest known Sephardi Torah scrolls have been put on display at ANU – Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. The leaves, which originated in medieval Spain ...