Groundbreaking Art Show at Jewish Museum is "Be-Jeweled"

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
By Lance Esplund, Bloomberg

The Spanish "Kennicott Bible" (1476), 
a Hebrew Bible written in Spain is featured in exhibit. 

ILLINOIS---The Jewish Museum's "Crossing Borders: Manuscripts From the Bodleian Libraries" is a rich, jewel-box exhibition. More than 60 works have come to New York from the University of Oxford's superb collection. Spanning the 3rd through the 18th centuries and covering subjects secular and religious, they include scrolls and books mainly in Hebrew, Arabic and Latin, executed on paper, parchment and papyrus. Together they convey the great cross-fertilization and interdependence among Christians, Muslims and Jews. [link]

 "Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries" runs through Feb. 3 at the Jewish Museum, 1 E. 92nd St. 212-423-3200 or thejewishmuseum.org