In book bindings of the former cathedral library of Freising, two parchment sheets were re-used, which had originally belonged to a book scroll written in Hebrew. They were overwritten with Latin texts in the 8th century and are hard to read.

As a Ph. D. student at the Chair for Jewish Studies (Institute for the Near and Middle East) at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Sarah Lemaire is working on a new edition of the religious-lyrical texts (piyutim), which were probably created in southern Italy still in the 7th century. This means that the fragments belong to the oldest known Hebrew book from Europe.

Prof. Stefan Wimmer, specialist for Hebraica at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, informs about the current status of research carried out by an international team of experts.

An event within the scope of the Year of Celebration 2021 Jewish Life in Germany, #2021JLID.
https://2021jlid.de/