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Damaged manuscript page with Hebrew script among which are strings of golden floral and circular decorative patterns, surrounded by small vowelless notes and golden decorations.

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Commentary: On Daniel

Daniel al-Qūmisī

Commentary on Daniel 11:27-32, 36

Late 9th Century

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Neglect of Circumcision

Jubilees 15:33–34

Mid-2nd Century BCE

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Antiochus IV Enters Jerusalem

Josephus

Jewish Antiquities 12.237–256

93–94

A broken, round stone with ancient script carved into its rough surface, featuring two visible lines of inscriptions, against a black background.

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Early Translations of the Torah

2nd Century BCE–6th Century CE

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R. Safra and the Minim

b. Avodah Zarah 4a

220–600

Ancient stone ruins with columns and arches under a blue sky. A central doorway and niche are visible, with sunlight casting shadows on the stone floor. Vegetation can be seen through the open doorway.

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Ancient Rabbinic Texts about the Two Torahs: Oral and Written

3rd–6th Centuries

A rectangular stone mosaic with multiple lines of Hebrew script in dark tiles, set against a background of lighter-colored tiles. The mosaic appears weathered and is displayed outdoors.

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Transmission and Reception of the Oral Torah

1st–6th Centuries

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The Mishnah on the Barley Offering

m. Menaḥot 10:2, 4–5

70–220

Mosaic with three registers, arranged vertically. In the center register is a depiction of a person with a halo surrounded by the zodiac. In the top register is a Torah shrine flanked by two menorahs, surrounded by ritual objects. In the bottom register is a grid with Greek inscriptions, flanked by lions.

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Ancient Rabbinic Constructions of the Past

2nd–6th Centuries

Worn manuscript page with handwritten Hebrew, including several lines running up the left margin, and a small curly drawing within the text.

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Guide of the Perplexed: On Knowing God

Moses Maimonides

Guide of the Perplexed III:51 (selections)

ca. 1190

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The Pharisees: The Sociological Background of Their Faith

Louis Finkelstein

1938

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Foundation of Reverence and Secret of Torah: Introduction and Chapter One

Abraham Ibn Ezra

Yesod mora ve-sod Torah, Introduction, Chapter 1

1158