An extraordinary rarity': exhibit of oldest Hebrew book opens at JTS library

(JNS) — A Hebrew manuscript, which experts have dated to the eighth century making it the earliest known such object, is on view in New York City after being the centerpiece of an exhibition in Washington, D.C., at the Museum of the Bible.

The Afghan Liturgical Quire, which is part of the Washington museum’s collection but which has uncertainty in its provenance history, is part of the show Sacred Words: Revealing the Earliest Hebrew Book, which opened on March 19 at the Jewish Theological Seminary Library in Manhattan.

Herschel Hepler, associate curator of Hebrew manuscripts at Museum of the...