Registration for this course has ended.
To join the waiting list please contact Dorit at courses@nli.org.il or dial 074-7336400​

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Lecturers: Prof. Malachi Beit Arie, Prof. Haggai Ben Shammai, Prof. Yosef Ofer, Prof. Shalom Tzabar, Prof. Miriam Frenkel, Dr. Edna Engel, Dr. Ayelet Even Ezra, Rabbi Moshe Cohen, Micah Yerushalmi, and researchers from the Library staff

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This course is aimed for those who handle Hebrew manuscripts through their work or study and wish to reaffirm and expand their knowledge of the field.

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Lecture Subjects:

• Introduction to Codicology

• Introduction to Paleography

• Biblical and Commentary Manuscripts

• Cairo Geniza

• Colophons

• Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

• Soferim - Scribes of Jewish Scripture

• Editing Critical Editions

• Deciphering Manuscripts

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The course includes visits to the manuscripts reading room and to the restoration and preservation lab.