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Read more at: Q&A Wednesday: Deconstructing Genizah mythology, with Rebecca Jefferson

Q&A Wednesday: Deconstructing Genizah mythology, with Rebecca Jefferson

Rebecca, you have a new book coming out in February 2022. What’s it about, and how did you come to be interested in it?


Read more at: Schechter Day 2021: More than just Ben Sira

Schechter Day 2021: More than just Ben Sira

125 years ago today, Solomon Schechter sat down to write to Agnes Lewis. His quick note dashed off ‘in haste and great excitement’ told her that he’d managed to identify one of her recently purchased manuscripts as the original Hebrew text of the book of Ecclesiasticus (Ben Sira or Sirach).