{"id":13446,"date":"2024-05-14T00:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rossingcenter.org\/?post_type=etn&#038;p=13446"},"modified":"2024-05-14T00:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:23:00","slug":"the-lailashi-codex-the-crown-of-georgian-jewry","status":"publish","type":"etn","link":"https:\/\/rossingcenter.org\/he\/etn\/the-lailashi-codex-the-crown-of-georgian-jewry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lailashi Codex: The Crown of Georgian Jewry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordinterfaithforum.org\/international-interfaith-reading-groups\/manuscripts-in-interfaith-contexts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manuscripts in Interfaith Contexts<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordinterfaithforum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oxford Interfaith Forum<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Lailashi Codex<\/strong>&nbsp;is the greatest nearly complete Masoretic Pentateuch. This ancient witness to a scribal tradition known as&nbsp;<em>vavei ha'amudim<\/em>&nbsp;(each leaf of the manuscript begins with the letter&nbsp;<em>vav<\/em>&nbsp;except for the six cases defined by a scribal school) is lavishly adorned with exquisite micrographic designs and calligrams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The codex emerged into the Western world awareness from Dr Thea Gomelauri\u2019s book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Lailashi-Codex-Crown-Georgian-Jewry\/dp\/1838464158\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Lailashi Codex: The Crown of Georgian Jewry<\/em><\/a>\u00a0published in October 2023.\u00a0Author\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ames.ox.ac.uk\/people\/thea-gomelauri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Thea Gomelauri<\/a>\u00a0and three distinguished scholars of Semitic Languages, Illuminated Jewish Art, and Hebrew Manuscripts, will discuss the fascinating history and content of the Lailashi Codex, and its significance to Biblical scholarship and Jewish Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordinterfaithforum.org\/thematic-international-interfaith-reading-groups\/manuscripts-in-interfaith-contexts\/the-greatest-medieval-masoretic-pentateuch-the-lailashi-codex-the-crown-of-georgian-jewry\/\"><strong>INFORMATION <\/strong>and<strong> REGISTRATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manuscripts in Interfaith Contexts &#8211; Oxford Interfaith Forum\u00a0 The Lailashi Codex&nbsp;is the greatest nearly complete Masoretic Pentateuch. This ancient witness to a scribal tradition known as&nbsp;vavei ha'amudim&nbsp;(each leaf of the manuscript begins with the letter&nbsp;vav&nbsp;except for the six cases defined by a scribal school) is lavishly adorned with exquisite micrographic designs and calligrams.&nbsp; The codex &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rossingcenter.org\/he\/etn\/the-lailashi-codex-the-crown-of-georgian-jewry\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Lailashi Codex: The Crown of Georgian Jewry<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":13450,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"etn_category":[744],"etn_tags":[],"class_list":["post-13446","etn","type-etn","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","etn_category-interreligious-events-online"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Lailashi Codex: The Crown of Georgian Jewry - \u05de\u05e8\u05db\u05d6 \u05e8\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9\u05e0\u05d2 \u05dc\u05d7\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05da \u05d5\u05dc\u05d3\u05d9\u05d0\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rossingcenter.org\/he\/etn\/the-lailashi-codex-the-crown-of-georgian-jewry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"he_IL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Lailashi Codex: The Crown of Georgian Jewry - \u05de\u05e8\u05db\u05d6 \u05e8\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9\u05e0\u05d2 \u05dc\u05d7\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05da \u05d5\u05dc\u05d3\u05d9\u05d0\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manuscripts in Interfaith Contexts &#8211; Oxford Interfaith Forum\u00a0 The Lailashi Codex&nbsp;is the greatest nearly complete Masoretic Pentateuch. 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