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The Nash Papyrus, purchased by Walter Llewellyn Nash in 1902 in Egypt, is a 2nd-century BCE copy of the Ten Commandments, and was, when first discovered, the oldest known Hebrew manuscript. ⸙ The Nash Papyrus (Cambridge University Library, MS Or. 233) is a small (140 mm x 60 mm), damaged (four fragments are now joined together) Hebrew papyrus rotulus containing the text of the Ten Commandments and the Shemaʿ (Deut. 6:4–5). It is one of the …

Cambridge University Library (CUL) as an institution has been collecting Jewish books since at least the 16th century, amassing an important collection of more than 1,000 Hebrew manuscripts. Even before then, Cambridge's colleges were acquiring items in Hebrew. Today, the Cambridge University Library is indelibly associated with its Cairo Genizah Collection.⸙In the realm of Jewish books and manuscripts, Cambridge University Library (CUL) is indelibly associated today with its Cairo Genizah Collection, a trove of unparalleled scale and importanc…

The geʾonim throughout much of their history were remote from the majority of the Jewish population over whom they wielded spiritual and moral leadership, and they were thus accustomed to communicating through letters. While much of their earlier correspondence has come down to us in the form of collections of gaonic responsa, a form of communication characterized by its legalistic character and technical language, thanks to the discovery of the Cairo Genizah, we possess hundreds of other letters, written by the famed geʾonim of Iraq and by the lesser-known incumbents of the …

Part of 4 Science and Technology - 4.2 Electronic Resources - 4.2.1 Image Databases and Collections The Cambridge Digital Library (http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk)1 was created in 2011 as the principal digital interface for the Special Collections of Cambridge University Library (CUL). CUDL, as it is known (pronounced “cuddle”), hosts high resolution imagery and metadata for CUL’s extensive collection of manuscripts and rare books. As of 2020, most of the items in CUDL are compliant with the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF, 4.1.4.2), and images and data may…