New York University’s Library of Judaica and Hebraica has obtained, from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, microfilm reproductions of the David Kaufmann collection of manuscripts pertaining to the Bible, Judaica and other subjects in possession of the Academy’s Oriental Library in Budapest, it was announced here today.
The microfilm reproductions of the material, most of which was not previously available to scholars outside Hungary, was obtained following four years of negotiations between the Hungarian Academy and Professor Abraham I. Katsh, of New York University, who visited Budapest in 1957.
David Kaufmann was a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Hungary, and a world-famous authority on Jewish history, culture and religious philosophy. He died in 1899. The collection includes manuscripts relating to the Bible, codices, commentaries on Hebrew literature, documents pertaining to Talmudic science and religious laws, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, theology, philosophy and history.
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