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Chief Rabbi of South Africa Warren Goldstein
August 28, 2024, 11:25 am
South Africa’s Chief Rabbi criticises UK archbishop and the Pope
Rabbi Warren Goldstein says two spiritual leaders acting against teachings of the Bible
By Jenni Frazer
Sweden’s justice minister has said his government may be open to amending a protest law, after the public burning of a Quran in Stockholm last month sparked fury across the Muslim world.
July 14, 2023, 4:55 pm
Disbelief as Swedish police allow Hebrew Bible to be burned outside Israeli embassy
The application, which was approved on Thursday, grants permission to a person “to express an opinion” in a public place.
By Lee Harpin
The museum, when open, has tens of thousands of visitors a year. A total of 11,000 school students, mostly non-Jewish, are shown around the collection annually.
July 13, 2023, 10:41 am
SPECIAL REPORT: My family launched the Jewish Museum. Now it could be history
Jonathan Samuel, the grandson of one of the co-founders of the Jewish Museum, reflects on the role of the institution, what it means to the community and why it must be saved
By Jonathan Samuel
The Codex Sassoon, the world’s oldest nearly-complete copy of the Hebrew Bible.
June 1, 2023, 6:56 pm
Meet the man who just bought a 1,000-year-old Bible for £30million
Alfred Moses, 94, has just taken delivery of the Codex Sassoon, the world’s oldest nearly-complete copy of the Hebrew Bible.
By Jackie Hajenburg (JTA)
An Armon toilet seat taken from the House of Ahiel, excavated in the Old City of Jerusalem. Analysis of ancient faeces taken from this toilet and another reveals dysentery in Old Testament
May 26, 2023, 7:13 pm
Early toilets reveal dysentery in Old Testament Jerusalem
Examination of the latrines dating back to the biblical Kingdom of Judah uncovered traces of a common cause of debilitating diarrhoea in humans.
By Jewish News Reporter
The Codex Sassoon, estimated to be about 1,000 years old, is going to auction at Sotheby's. (Courtesy of Sotheby's)
February 16, 2023, 10:48 am
Codex Sassoon, oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible, could fetch £41m at auction this spring
The copy was written by a single Jewish scribe on 400 pages of parchment about 1,100 years ago.
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
The silver coins found in a wooden box in a cave in the Judean Desert. Photo: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority
December 13, 2022, 1:14 pm
Chanukah comes early! Maccabean silver coins found in Judean desert
The box, found in a crack in the Muraba‘at Cave in the Darageh Stream Nature Reserve, was hidden 2,200 years ago.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Undated handout photo issued by Glastonbury Abbey of detail of the double page from a bible, written by monks at the world-famous Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset, which has returned to its home 800 years after it was written. Featuring Latin text, ornate lettering and full colour decoration, written on vellum paper (prepared animal skin).
August 11, 2022, 2:00 pm
Page from 800-year-old bible on display at Glastonbury Abbey
The document made by monks, narrates the history of Israel and Judah and is on public display at its former home for the first time.
By Jewish News Reporter
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby with his friend, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis. Credit: Blake Ezra Photography
December 19, 2021, 11:59 am
Welby sparks concern over ‘genocide of infants’ in the Holy Land comment
Board of Deputies writes to the Archbishop of Canterbury in response to his article in today’s Sunday Times bemoaning the decline of Christianity in the region.
By Jewish News Reporter
New techniques were used to examine documents found in a Dead Sea cave.
March 3, 2017, 10:20 am
Dead Sea documents reveal 2,000-year-old Jewish family tale
The epic story of an ancient Jewish family has been told for the first time after new techniques were used to analyse documents found in a Dead Sea cave.
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Each psalm is set apart from the previous one by the central placing of the first line. The artist, Joseph Ibn Hayyim, adorned the text with carpet pages, panels and numerous decorative motifs. The Bible is in its original box binding, made from wood covered in goatskin, which is blind tooled with interlacing geometric designs on all six sides.
March 31, 2015, 9:23 am
500 year-old Hebrew Bible goes on display in Oxford
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