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New, handwritten Maimonides texts discovered at Cambridge University Library

11 May 2023

900-year-old paper fragment verified as the handwriting of legendary philosopher Maimonides.

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Discarded History exhibition lifts the lid on 1,000 years of medieval history

27 Apr 2017

Treasures from the world’s largest and most important collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts – chronicling 1,000 years of history in Old Cairo –...

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Lines of Thought: Communicating Faith

27 May 2016

Some of the world’s most important religious texts are currently on display in Cambridge as part of Cambridge University Library’s 600th anniversary...

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Solomon Schechter at work in the old University Library

Solomon Schechter (1847-1915): a Jewish polymath with a gift for friendship

20 Nov 2015

The Jewish scholar Solomon Schechter is best remembered for his work on the Cairo Geniza. A conference this Sunday will explore the wider impact of a...

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Palimpsest of the Jerusalem Talmud (copy from c.10th century) over the top of a 6th-century Christian work in Aramaic

1,000 years of history to be digitised following unique appeal

09 Dec 2013

A campaign to save ancient documents chronicling 1,000 years of history has succeeded after £1.2m was raised by the universities of Cambridge and...

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Detail from the Book of Deer

Ten Commandments go digital

12 Dec 2012

Cambridge University Library is to release digital versions of some of the most significant religious manuscripts in the world - following on from...

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Summer school participants during a tour of the University.

Inter-faith summer schools train future leaders in art of “intelligent disagreement”

09 Jul 2012

Emerging religious leaders from around the world have arrived in Cambridge for a programme which aims to build understanding between faiths and teach...

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David Ford

Literature and Religion in Cheltenham

12 Oct 2011

Professor David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity and Director of the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme, reflects on the first project in an exciting...

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Coexistences.

Intertwined Worlds

09 Sep 2011

A conference which aims to establish wider recognition for a "Judaeo-Islamic tradition"; the shared, cultural past common to Muslims, Arabs and Jews...

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Scriptural reasoning.

All in the script

05 Apr 2011

The power of “scriptural reasoning” to transform the way in which different faiths understand one another is to be the subject of a major lecture in...

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