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Elvira Martín-Contreras

@emartincontreras.bsky.social
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Scientific Researcher, Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and Near East (ILC- CSIC). Hebrew Bible | Masora | Manuscripts | Paratexts | digital.csic.es/cris/rp/rp02201

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 04/05/2026
The Star Wars Day x Medieval Monday mash up that no-one asked for or wanted... May the Fourth be with you. All images available on Digital Bodleian: MS. Douce 178, fol. 049v; MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 79r; MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 21v; MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 79v #MedievalMonday
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Nueva edición del curso "En los márgenes de los manuscritos hebreos". Inscripción hasta el 10 de abril de 2026. Más información aquí: cchs.csic.es/es/curso-mar...
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The digital platform The Cairo Codex of the Prophets: Digital Version is now live. High‑resolution images, the full CSIC critical edition, and contextual material are now accessible. Explore it here: biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/Codice-Profe...
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Home. The Cairo Codex of the Prophets: digital edition
The Cairo Prophets codex, also known as Codex Cairensis or Codex Prophetarum Cairensis, is one of the oldest known biblical manuscripts and a fundamental resource for the study of the Hebrew Bible. Th...
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I’m excited to announce that the project the Cairo Codex of the Prophets: Digital version is almost ready to go live. Before the official launch, we will be holding a public presentation of the project on 28 January 👇
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
📢 International Workshop: Paratexts in the Hebrew Bible – A Multidisciplinary Approach 📅 Jan 20–21, 2026 📍 Madrid, ILC-CSIC Exploring paratexts through philological, codicological & scientific perspectives, incl. Digital Humanities & Cognitive Science. ilc.csic.es/es/event/int...
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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: We are delighted to announce our Visiting Fellowships for 2026/2027! The deadline to apply for each of the Visiting Fellowships is 16 January 2026 at 12 noon UK Time. For more information, see the following page: www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app... #fellowship #oxford
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Historic find in Alfaro: the Diocesan Archive recovers a fragment of the 14th-century Torah hidden in a book www.europapress.es/la-rioja/not...
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Hallazgo histórico en Alfaro: el Archivo Diocesano recupera un fragmento de la torá del siglo XIV oculto en un libro
La Diócesis de Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, en su labor de custodia del patrimonio sacro y cultural de...
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
A Hebrew incunabulum has been identified in the General Historical Library: an edition of the Psalms with commentary by David Qimhi, printed in Naples in 1487. More details in the latest issue of the journal "Helmantica": revistas.upsa.es/.../helma......
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Was there really an oral Hebrew Masora before the written one? My latest article questions this widely held assumption. It's open access, and you can read it here: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
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Was There Ever an Oral Hebrew Masora?
The essay challenges the existence of an oral Hebrew Masora that purportedly preceded the written Masora. The concept of an oral Masora originated in the 16th century, when Jacob ben Hayyim and Elías ...
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
El próximo 11 de noviembre coordino junto a Carlos Pina (UCM) el taller "Traduciendo gemas : cuando la filología se encuentra con la geología" dentro de la #SemanadelaCiencia en el @cchscsic.bsky.social 📷 Info: cchs.csic.es/es/semanacie...
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Most read in the latest issue of the Journal of Jewish Studies ‘Study of the Masorah in the digital age’, by Elvira Martín-Contreras. Available to read online at: bit.ly/Masorah-in-the-digital-age @ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @emartincontreras.bsky.social
Graphic for The Journal of Jewish Studies: White text on a dark grey background reads 'The leading forum in the world for new research in Jewish history, literature, and culture from biblical times to the present day'. Journal of Jewish Studies cover sits to the right, the cover is also dark grey with white overlaid text for the journal's title, 'of' is in a contrasting golden yellow. Journal of Jewish Studies logo also in a golden yellow colour sits in the bottom right. Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies logo and the Liverpool University Press logo sit in the bottom left corner. Background features a handwritten Hebrew script in a warm pale pink/peach tone.
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Tiene visita virtual y auditiva. No os lo perdáis. Una experiencia increíble. 🧵
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🧠📜 Manuscripts & the Mind opens next week at Chester Beatty Library! Discover how paratexts shape our reading of religious texts—featuring Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, Jewish & Samaritan manuscripts. PARAHeB is proud to be one of the contributing projects! chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/...
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Necesario artículo que señala las precarias condiciones en términos económicos que vivimos las personas que nos dedicamos a la investigación en este país. www.eldiario.es/sociedad/esp...
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España, un país que desprecia a la ciencia
La ciencia es un florero para los dos principales partidos que han gobernado este país y para unos sindicatos que no se han preocupado nunca por las condiciones laborales del personal científico
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
It has been a pleasure to participate in this activity of the #EuropeanResearchersNight A journey through medieval Iberia through the writing, architecture, and objects of the three cultural traditions that inhabited it.
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Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás CCHS-CSIC @bibtntcsic.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Study of the Masorah in the digital age El impacto de la era digital en el estudio de la Masorah: avances, desafíos y transformaciones Por Martín Contreras, Elvira @emartincontreras.bsky.social (ILC-CCHS, CSIC) #OpenAccess #AccesoAbierto @digitalcsic.bsky.social hdl.handle.net/10261/400339
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I'm glad to share with you my latest publication, "Study of the Masorah in the Digital Ages", Journal of Jewish Studies 76(2): 301-311 (2025). You can access the pre-typesetting version using this link: digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Participo en esta edición de la Noche de los Investigadores en la que se muestran diferentes aspectos de la riqueza cultural de la Edad Media. Estaré en el módulo de escritura. Todavía hay plazas. ¡No te lo pierdas! Información 👇
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Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás CCHS-CSIC @bibtntcsic.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Café Digital del ILC: "Acceso y reutilización de imágenes digitales: Soluciones prácticas para proyectos de Humanidades Digitales" 📅 17 de septiembre de 2025; 12:00 h 📍Sala Julián Ribera (1C9+23) del CCHS-CSIC cchs.csic.es/es/event/caf...
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
New publication in #openaccess "Reading:Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions" www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
‪⚠️Notice: For those interested in Hebrew manuscripts at the British Library, while the British Library's online resources are down, you can access them through: openn.library.upenn.edu/html/0047.html #Hebrewmanuscripts #medievalmanuscripts
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OPenn: British Library
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Working with high-res medieval manuscript images? Just published our practical IIIF-based solution that's transformed how we handle manuscript fragments in paratextuality research and manuscript studies overall digital.csic.es/handle/10261... #medievalmanuscripts #paratexts #IIIF #codicology #HHDD
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
📣 The 22nd Symposium of the Spanish Association of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AEEHJ) is happening next week in Soria! 👉 Register now via its website: aeehj.net
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
While preparing my seminar on the CSIC Hebrew Bible team, I found a unique copy of Benito Arias Montano's Hebrew Bible among their materials. What makes it unique? I wrote about it in BTNT's Piece of the Month. 👇
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
CFP: Thematic special issue of Renaissance Studies, “Diasporas of Sefarad and al-Andalus: Iberian Questions beyond Iberia.” Final drafts of articles (ready for submission for peer-review) will be due Monday, July 21, 2025. #CFP #Andalus #Sefarad #diasporas #moriscos #Sephardic #medievalsky
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
You can read my review of Thea Gomlauri's book on the Lailashi Codex here: digital.csic.es/handle/10261... It is the first one in a language other than English. But you can use Google Translate if needed 😉
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
📢Sefarad journal publication The two issues corresponding to the year 2024 have been published. With these issues, the magazine moves to a digital-only format. You can read them here 👇 sefarad.revistas.csic.es/index.php/se... sefarad.revistas.csic.es/index.php/se...
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
ICMS 2025 is approaching quickly. I'll contribute to the session on para-biblical texts with a paper titled "Unveiling the Role of Paratextual Elements in Medieval Hebrew Bible Manuscripts".
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Great news! The National Library of Israel now offers registered users remote access to its digitized archival materials for self-study, teaching, and research purposes. Link to the application form: www.nli.org.il/en/at-your-s...
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Remote Access to Archival Materials
Learn about remote access to archival materials from the collections of the National Library of Israel for the purpose of self-study, teaching and research
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Ink, angels and hard graft: the artists keeping Ethiopia’s ancient illuminated manuscript craft alive www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Ink, angels and hard graft: the artists keeping Ethiopia’s ancient illuminated manuscript craft alive
In an Addis Ababa workshop, sacred texts are painstakingly crafted on goat skin using methods dating back to early Christianity – plus a bit of inspiration from Google Images
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
'Let's talk about the "Paratexts"' lecture series. Starting on April 30th, as part of the upcoming exhibition "Manuscripts and Mind" and the project "Paratexts Seeking Understanding," the Chester Beatty Library will explore the concept of paratexts. chesterbeatty.ie/exhibi.../ma...
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
📢Abierto el plazo de introducción a la investigación #JAEIntro25. Ofrezco el programa JAEINT25_EX_1275, "Introducción al estudio de las anotaciones en manuscritos medievales" Información 👇 sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro... 🗓️ Hasta el 2 de mayo
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
La asfixia a las universidades públicas madrileñas amenaza a los grados minoritarios. El primero en recibirla ha sido el de Ciencias de las Religiones, el único en el mundo impartido en lengua española. Hay que salvarlo y a la universidad publica también. www.larazon.es/opinion/salv...
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Salvar las Ciencias de las Religiones en España
La supresión de estos estudios sería una tragedia académica no solo para los estudiantes y la universidad, sino para toda nuestra sociedad, que es la principal beneficiaria de los estudios sobre la hi...
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Manuscripts of the Yemenite Jewish Experience
This was originally written for the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies' magazine, 2024 edition.  It is presented here with some light edits and news about a recent acquisition since the article w...
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Hybrid lecture This afternoon!
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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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How many medieval and early modern manuscripts were copied by female scribes? A bibliometric analysis based on colophons - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - How many medieval and early modern manuscripts were copied by female scribes? A bibliometric analysis based on colophons
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Lecture in Hebrew Bible
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Lecturer in Hebrew Bible
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Purim begins on the evening of 13th March. Here is the decorated initial-word panel with birds and hybrids, at the beginning of the book of Esther #Purim Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 3; Pentateuch with Onkelos, Five Scrolls and Haftarot; 13th century; f.233r @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
New issue | Journal of Jewish Studies 76.1 is now available. It features articles on Hadrian’s Judaean ‘Adventus’ coins, the 'aurum coronarium’s' role in Jewish identity, the origins of the fixed Jewish calendar, plus much more. Browse the full issue 🔗 bit.ly/JJS-Vol-76-1 @ochjs.bsky.social
Fresh white text on a dark grey background reads 'The leading forum in the world for new research in Jewish history, literature, and culture from biblical times to the present day'. Journal of Jewish Studies cover sits to the right, the cover is also dark grey with white overlaid text for the journal's title, 'of' is in a contrasting golden yellow. Journal of Jewish Studies logo also in a golden yellow colour. New issue sticker sits next to the cover. Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies logo and the Liverpool University Press logo sit in the bottom left corner. Background features a handwritten Hebrew script in a warm pale pink/peach tone.
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#NewPublication #OpenAccess 2 vols www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
We are happy to announce that this year's Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School will take place online from 26 Aug-5 Sept 2025! To learn more and #apply: www.ochjs.ac.uk/oxford-bibli.... #JewishStudies #BiblicalHebrew
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Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School 2025 - Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies
We are happy to announce that the Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School will take place online from August 26 – September 5, 2025. This year the school is being offered online (via Zoom). The school of...
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Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás CCHS-CSIC @bibtntcsic.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
M1's masoretic appendices: a new description por Elvira Martín Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social (ILC-CSIC) #OpenAccess #AccesoAbierto @digitalcsic.bsky.social Acceso en línea ⬇️ hdl.handle.net/10261/381273
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The call for papers for the 2025 SBL Annual Meeting Masoretic Studies Section is now up 👇
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Red de Bibliotecas y Archivos del CSIC @bibliotecascsic.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hoy aprendemos más sobre el proyecto de Biblia hebrea de la mano de @emartincontreras.bsky.social en la @bibtntcsic.bsky.social
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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Excited to announce our Classical Judeo-Arabic Manuscripts Workshop, taking place on 5 & 12 March as part of our #OSRJL! Details in the poster, application here: forms.office.com/pages/respon.... #rareJewishlanguages #Jewishlanguages #JudeoArabic #manuscripts #manuscriptstudies #workshop
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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Ya está accesible mi último artículo "El mito de la transmisión inalterable del texto bíblico hebreo. Revisión crítica desde la literatura rabínica y la masora" Enlace: digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
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Martina Mampieri @martinamampieri.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
H-Judaic is looking for one or more Book Review Editors: networks.h-net.org/group/discus... Please consider nominating yourself or spreading the word with peers! Inquiries and submissions should be sent to Prof. Jonathan D. Sarna at the following email address: sarna@brandeis.edu #academicsky
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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Fragment of the Month: January 2025
In January 2025's Fragment of the Month brings Isaiah HaLevi ben Misha'el back to life.
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FJI-PRECARIAS @fjiprecarios.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
🚨Nuevo comunicado: Cuando el marketing pesa más que la Ciencia🚨 @cienciagob.bsky.social ha cancelado por sorpresa la convocatoria de grupos de investigación en IA 2023 Explicamos cuál es la importancia de este golpe a la investigación en España🧵 🔗 fji.precarios.org/cuando-el-ma...
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