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A fresco depicts a decorated arch with a scallop shell niche, flanked by ornate columns. Above, symbols include a menorah, a lulav and etrog, a structure with columns and doors, a figure with a knife, and a ram.

Guide

The Torah and Its Transmission in Ancient Judaism

4th Century BCE–6th Century CE

Contributor

Daniel al-Qūmisī

Late 9th Century

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David ben Se‘adya’s The Book of Oaths (Poetic Version)

Levi ben Jacob al-Qal‘ī

Late 11th or Early 12th Century

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David ben Se‘adya’s The Book of Oaths (Hebrew Translation)

Isaac ben Reuben of Barcelona

The Book of Oaths, Section 3

Late 11th or Early 12th Century

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Responsum: On a Kohen Who Apostatized

Eliezer ben Isaac ha-Gadol

First Half of the 11th Century

Stained manuscript with Hebrew text and smaller notes in the margin and at the top corner.

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Mishneh Torah

Moses Maimonides | Yefet ben Solomon ha-Levi

1170s

Clay tablet with cuneiform inscription.

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Vassal Treaty of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria

7th Century BCE

Basalt stela inscribed with Akkadian writing and figure on throne next to standing figure. Inset shows close-up of Akkadian writing.

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Stela with the Laws of Hammurabi

18th Century BCE

Leather capsule with four indented sections.

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Tefillin

6th Century BCE–1st Century CE

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Hanhagot ve-tikunim (Conduct and Regulations)

Safed Kabbalists

ca. 1577

Drawing of man held down as another prepares to hit him with a stick.

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Judicial Flogging in Egyptian Painting

20th–18th Century BCE

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Book of Meat on Coals

Late 10th or Early 11th Century