Hebrew Manuscripts Online

Israel-British Project Makes Hebrew Texts Available Online

Miriam Berger | August 3, 2015

One of the oldest surviving Hebrew manuscripts, a bible dating back more than 1,000 years, will soon be available online in a joint project with The British Library in London, the National Library of Israel said Monday.

Second Gaster Bible. Source: http://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2015/july/international-digital-library-of-hebrew-manuscripts

Aviad Stollman, the library's chief of collections, said the Gaster Bible would go online as part of a project to digitize all of the 3,200 rare Hebrew manuscripts at The British Library.

<more at http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/israel-thousands-rare-hebrew-texts-online-32845612; related links: http://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2015/july/international-digital-library-of-hebrew-manuscripts (International Digital Library of Hebrew Manuscripts. July 23, 2015) and http://www.infodocket.com/2015/07/26/the-british-library-and-national-library-of-israel-announce-partnership-to-digitize-hebrew-manuscripts/ (The British Library and National Library of Israel Announce Partnership to Digitize Hebrew Manuscripts. July 26, 2015)>