Rebecca Abrams

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Author and journalist Rebecca Abrams talks about the historic Jewish and Hebrew books and manuscripts held by the Bodleian Libraries and Oxford colleges.

Abrams is co-editor of Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries, which brings together books and manuscripts representing a thousand years of Jewish history. The collections include a fragment of Maimonides’ autograph draft of the Mishneh Torah, the earliest dated fragment of the Talmud, illuminated manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, festival prayerbooks and one of the oldest surviving Jewish seals in England. They are brought to life in the book by a series of essays by experts.

Abrams teaches creative writing at Oxford University, and regularly reviews for the Financial Times.  She is the author of Licoricia of Winchester: Power and Prejudice in 13th century England and The Jewish Journey:  4000 Years in 22 Objects from the Ashmolean Museum.

This event is part of the festival’s programme of Jewish and Hebrew literature and culture.

Presented by Bodleian Libraries