Judaica Librarian Michelle Chesner keeps you updated about new acquisitions, collection finds and exhibitions in Jewish Studies at Columbia. In this post she shares some revelations about Revered Samuel Johnson’s connection to the study of Hebrew. Samuel Johnson was the founder of King’s College (renamed Columbia after the American Revolution), and its sole faculty member until 1757. […]
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CURRENT EXHIBITION– The People in the Books: Stories from Columbia’s Hebraica and Judaica Manuscripts
Columbia University’s collection of Judaica and Hebraica is the third largest in the country, and the largest of any non-religious institution. The following link connects to the online version of the current exhibition being held at the RBML from September 12, 2012 through January 25, 2013. Spanning the 10th to the 20th centuries, the exhibition features […]