Elvira Martín-Contreras
@emartincontreras.bsky.social
Scientific Researcher, Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and Near East (ILC- CSIC). Hebrew Bible | Masora | Manuscripts | Paratexts | https://digital.csic.es/cris/rp/rp02201
Reposted by Elvira Martín-Contreras
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
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
May 4, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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
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
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...
Inscripción hasta el 10 de abril de 2026.
Más información aquí:
cchs.csic.es/es/curso-mar...
March 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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...
Inscripción hasta el 10 de abril de 2026.
Más información aquí:
cchs.csic.es/es/curso-mar...
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...
High‑resolution images, the full CSIC critical edition, and contextual material are now accessible.
Explore it here:
biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/Codice-Profe...
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...
biblioteca.cchs.csic.es
January 29, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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...
High‑resolution images, the full CSIC critical edition, and contextual material are now accessible.
Explore it here:
biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/Codice-Profe...
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 👇
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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 👇
📢 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...
📅 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...
December 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📢 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...
📅 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...
Reposted by Elvira Martín-Contreras
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
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
December 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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
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
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...
www.europapress.es/la-rioja/not...
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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December 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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...
www.europapress.es/la-rioja/not...
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......
More details in the latest issue of the journal "Helmantica":
revistas.upsa.es/.../helma......
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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......
More details in the latest issue of the journal "Helmantica":
revistas.upsa.es/.../helma......
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...
It's open access, and you can read it here:
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
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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November 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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...
It's open access, and you can read it here:
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
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...
@cchscsic.bsky.social
📷 Info: cchs.csic.es/es/semanacie...
November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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...
@cchscsic.bsky.social
📷 Info: cchs.csic.es/es/semanacie...
Reposted by Elvira Martín-Contreras
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
‘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
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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
‘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
Tiene visita virtual y auditiva. No os lo perdáis.
Una experiencia increíble.
🧵
Una experiencia increíble.
🧵
“Manuscripts & the Mind”: una mirada a cómo los lectores antiguos dialogaban con los textos sagrados. Exposición que te cautivará a través de manuscritos judíos, cristianos, islámicos, budistas y samaritanos.. Más info: @emartincontreras.bsky.social www.cchs.csic.es/es/article/m...
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Tiene visita virtual y auditiva. No os lo perdáis.
Una experiencia increíble.
🧵
Una experiencia increíble.
🧵
🧠📜 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/...
chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/...
October 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🧠📜 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/...
chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/...
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...
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/esp...
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
www.eldiario.es
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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...
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/esp...
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.
A journey through medieval Iberia through the writing, architecture, and objects of the three cultural traditions that inhabited it.
September 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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.
A journey through medieval Iberia through the writing, architecture, and objects of the three cultural traditions that inhabited it.
Reposted by Elvira Martín-Contreras
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
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
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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
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
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...
You can access the pre-typesetting version using this link:
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
September 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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...
You can access the pre-typesetting version using this link:
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
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 👇
Estaré en el módulo de escritura.
Todavía hay plazas. ¡No te lo pierdas!
Información 👇
✒️🏰🔑 Viaja a la Edad Media en la #NocheEuropeaDeLosInvestigadores2025 con los talleres del @cchscsic.bsky.social para la #nochedelosinvestigadores
Escribe como un escriba, construye arcos medievales y descubre un tesoro en 3D.
📍 26 sept · Madrid
👉 Gratuito www.cchs.csic.es/es/nocheinve...
Escribe como un escriba, construye arcos medievales y descubre un tesoro en 3D.
📍 26 sept · Madrid
👉 Gratuito www.cchs.csic.es/es/nocheinve...
September 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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 👇
Estaré en el módulo de escritura.
Todavía hay plazas. ¡No te lo pierdas!
Información 👇
Reposted by Elvira Martín-Contreras
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...
📅 17 de septiembre de 2025; 12:00 h
📍Sala Julián Ribera (1C9+23) del CCHS-CSIC
cchs.csic.es/es/event/caf...
September 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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...
📅 17 de septiembre de 2025; 12:00 h
📍Sala Julián Ribera (1C9+23) del CCHS-CSIC
cchs.csic.es/es/event/caf...
New publication in #openaccess
"Reading:Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions"
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
"Reading:Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions"
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
July 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
New publication in #openaccess
"Reading:Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions"
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
"Reading:Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions"
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
⚠️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
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
OPenn: British Library
openn.library.upenn.edu
July 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
⚠️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
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
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
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
July 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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
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
📣 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
👉 Register now via its website:
aeehj.net
June 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📣 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
👉 Register now via its website:
aeehj.net
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. 👇
Dedicamos la pieza del mes de mayo La Biblia Hebraica de Benito Arias Montano: Un Tesoro en la Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás.
Por Elvira Martín-Contreras (ILC-CSIC)
@emartincontreras.bsky.social
biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/PiezaMes/Pie...
Por Elvira Martín-Contreras (ILC-CSIC)
@emartincontreras.bsky.social
biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/PiezaMes/Pie...
May 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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. 👇