New Technologies for Ancient Hebrew Texts

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New Technologies for Ancient Hebrew Texts 2021 Junior Fellow Shlomit Menashe increased the discoverability of 1,200 uncatalogued Hebrew prayer books by creating a detailed spreadsheet of information transformable into ILS records for the Library's online catalog. During the course of her work with prayer books from just about every corner of the world, Shlomit came across a Hebrew prayer book printed in 1823 in "Constantinople," today's Istanbul. Intrigued by the place of publication and its connection to her own family history, she decided to delve into the subject more closely. Under the guidance of Sharon Horowitz, Senior Reference Librarian in the Hebraic Section, Horowitz learned about the historical events that brought the Jews to the heart of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 15th century and turned transformed the city it into a center of Hebrew printing for centuries to come. Horowitz's work highlights this fascinating chapter in Jewish book history and draws from the rich collections of the Library of Congress in order to present it in its fullest possible context.

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