Elvira Martín-Contreras
@emartincontreras.bsky.social
Scientific Researcher, Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and Near East (ILC- CSIC). Hebrew Bible | Masora | Manuscripts | Paratexts | https://digital.csic.es/cris/rp/rp02201
Was there really an oral Hebrew Masora before the written one? My latest article questions this widely held assumption.
It's open access, and you can read it here:
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
It's open access, and you can read it here:
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
Was There Ever an Oral Hebrew Masora?
The essay challenges the existence of an oral Hebrew Masora that purportedly preceded the written Masora. The concept of an oral Masora originated in the 16th century, when Jacob ben Hayyim and Elías ...
www.openbookpublishers.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Was there really an oral Hebrew Masora before the written one? My latest article questions this widely held assumption.
It's open access, and you can read it here:
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
It's open access, and you can read it here:
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
El próximo 11 de noviembre coordino junto a Carlos Pina (UCM) el taller "Traduciendo gemas : cuando la filología se encuentra con la geología" dentro de la #SemanadelaCiencia en el
@cchscsic.bsky.social
📷 Info: cchs.csic.es/es/semanacie...
@cchscsic.bsky.social
📷 Info: cchs.csic.es/es/semanacie...
November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
El próximo 11 de noviembre coordino junto a Carlos Pina (UCM) el taller "Traduciendo gemas : cuando la filología se encuentra con la geología" dentro de la #SemanadelaCiencia en el
@cchscsic.bsky.social
📷 Info: cchs.csic.es/es/semanacie...
@cchscsic.bsky.social
📷 Info: cchs.csic.es/es/semanacie...
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Most read in the latest issue of the Journal of Jewish Studies
‘Study of the Masorah in the digital age’, by Elvira Martín-Contreras.
Available to read online at: bit.ly/Masorah-in-the-digital-age
@ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @emartincontreras.bsky.social
‘Study of the Masorah in the digital age’, by Elvira Martín-Contreras.
Available to read online at: bit.ly/Masorah-in-the-digital-age
@ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @emartincontreras.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Most read in the latest issue of the Journal of Jewish Studies
‘Study of the Masorah in the digital age’, by Elvira Martín-Contreras.
Available to read online at: bit.ly/Masorah-in-the-digital-age
@ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @emartincontreras.bsky.social
‘Study of the Masorah in the digital age’, by Elvira Martín-Contreras.
Available to read online at: bit.ly/Masorah-in-the-digital-age
@ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @emartincontreras.bsky.social
Tiene visita virtual y auditiva. No os lo perdáis.
Una experiencia increíble.
🧵
Una experiencia increíble.
🧵
“Manuscripts & the Mind”: una mirada a cómo los lectores antiguos dialogaban con los textos sagrados. Exposición que te cautivará a través de manuscritos judíos, cristianos, islámicos, budistas y samaritanos.. Más info: @emartincontreras.bsky.social www.cchs.csic.es/es/article/m...
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Tiene visita virtual y auditiva. No os lo perdáis.
Una experiencia increíble.
🧵
Una experiencia increíble.
🧵
🧠📜 Manuscripts & the Mind opens next week at Chester Beatty Library! Discover how paratexts shape our reading of religious texts—featuring Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, Jewish & Samaritan manuscripts. PARAHeB is proud to be one of the contributing projects!
chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/...
chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/...
October 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🧠📜 Manuscripts & the Mind opens next week at Chester Beatty Library! Discover how paratexts shape our reading of religious texts—featuring Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, Jewish & Samaritan manuscripts. PARAHeB is proud to be one of the contributing projects!
chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/...
chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/...
Necesario artículo que señala las precarias condiciones en términos económicos que vivimos las personas que nos dedicamos a la investigación en este país.
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/esp...
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/esp...
España, un país que desprecia a la ciencia
La ciencia es un florero para los dos principales partidos que han gobernado este país y para unos sindicatos que no se han preocupado nunca por las condiciones laborales del personal científico
www.eldiario.es
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Necesario artículo que señala las precarias condiciones en términos económicos que vivimos las personas que nos dedicamos a la investigación en este país.
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/esp...
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/esp...
It has been a pleasure to participate in this activity of the #EuropeanResearchersNight
A journey through medieval Iberia through the writing, architecture, and objects of the three cultural traditions that inhabited it.
A journey through medieval Iberia through the writing, architecture, and objects of the three cultural traditions that inhabited it.
September 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It has been a pleasure to participate in this activity of the #EuropeanResearchersNight
A journey through medieval Iberia through the writing, architecture, and objects of the three cultural traditions that inhabited it.
A journey through medieval Iberia through the writing, architecture, and objects of the three cultural traditions that inhabited it.
Reposted by Elvira Martín-Contreras
Study of the Masorah in the digital age
El impacto de la era digital en el estudio de la Masorah: avances, desafíos y transformaciones
Por Martín Contreras, Elvira @emartincontreras.bsky.social (ILC-CCHS, CSIC)
#OpenAccess #AccesoAbierto @digitalcsic.bsky.social
hdl.handle.net/10261/400339
El impacto de la era digital en el estudio de la Masorah: avances, desafíos y transformaciones
Por Martín Contreras, Elvira @emartincontreras.bsky.social (ILC-CCHS, CSIC)
#OpenAccess #AccesoAbierto @digitalcsic.bsky.social
hdl.handle.net/10261/400339
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Study of the Masorah in the digital age
El impacto de la era digital en el estudio de la Masorah: avances, desafíos y transformaciones
Por Martín Contreras, Elvira @emartincontreras.bsky.social (ILC-CCHS, CSIC)
#OpenAccess #AccesoAbierto @digitalcsic.bsky.social
hdl.handle.net/10261/400339
El impacto de la era digital en el estudio de la Masorah: avances, desafíos y transformaciones
Por Martín Contreras, Elvira @emartincontreras.bsky.social (ILC-CCHS, CSIC)
#OpenAccess #AccesoAbierto @digitalcsic.bsky.social
hdl.handle.net/10261/400339
I'm glad to share with you my latest publication, "Study of the Masorah in the Digital Ages", Journal of Jewish Studies 76(2): 301-311 (2025).
You can access the pre-typesetting version using this link:
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
You can access the pre-typesetting version using this link:
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
September 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I'm glad to share with you my latest publication, "Study of the Masorah in the Digital Ages", Journal of Jewish Studies 76(2): 301-311 (2025).
You can access the pre-typesetting version using this link:
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
You can access the pre-typesetting version using this link:
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
Participo en esta edición de la Noche de los Investigadores en la que se muestran diferentes aspectos de la riqueza cultural de la Edad Media.
Estaré en el módulo de escritura.
Todavía hay plazas. ¡No te lo pierdas!
Información 👇
Estaré en el módulo de escritura.
Todavía hay plazas. ¡No te lo pierdas!
Información 👇
✒️🏰🔑 Viaja a la Edad Media en la #NocheEuropeaDeLosInvestigadores2025 con los talleres del @cchscsic.bsky.social para la #nochedelosinvestigadores
Escribe como un escriba, construye arcos medievales y descubre un tesoro en 3D.
📍 26 sept · Madrid
👉 Gratuito www.cchs.csic.es/es/nocheinve...
Escribe como un escriba, construye arcos medievales y descubre un tesoro en 3D.
📍 26 sept · Madrid
👉 Gratuito www.cchs.csic.es/es/nocheinve...
September 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Participo en esta edición de la Noche de los Investigadores en la que se muestran diferentes aspectos de la riqueza cultural de la Edad Media.
Estaré en el módulo de escritura.
Todavía hay plazas. ¡No te lo pierdas!
Información 👇
Estaré en el módulo de escritura.
Todavía hay plazas. ¡No te lo pierdas!
Información 👇
Reposted by Elvira Martín-Contreras
Café Digital del ILC: "Acceso y reutilización de imágenes digitales: Soluciones prácticas para proyectos de Humanidades Digitales"
📅 17 de septiembre de 2025; 12:00 h
📍Sala Julián Ribera (1C9+23) del CCHS-CSIC
cchs.csic.es/es/event/caf...
📅 17 de septiembre de 2025; 12:00 h
📍Sala Julián Ribera (1C9+23) del CCHS-CSIC
cchs.csic.es/es/event/caf...
September 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Café Digital del ILC: "Acceso y reutilización de imágenes digitales: Soluciones prácticas para proyectos de Humanidades Digitales"
📅 17 de septiembre de 2025; 12:00 h
📍Sala Julián Ribera (1C9+23) del CCHS-CSIC
cchs.csic.es/es/event/caf...
📅 17 de septiembre de 2025; 12:00 h
📍Sala Julián Ribera (1C9+23) del CCHS-CSIC
cchs.csic.es/es/event/caf...
New publication in #openaccess
"Reading:Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions"
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
"Reading:Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions"
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
July 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
New publication in #openaccess
"Reading:Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions"
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
"Reading:Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions"
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
⚠️Notice:
For those interested in Hebrew manuscripts at the British Library, while the British Library's online resources are down, you can access them through: openn.library.upenn.edu/html/0047.html
#Hebrewmanuscripts #medievalmanuscripts
For those interested in Hebrew manuscripts at the British Library, while the British Library's online resources are down, you can access them through: openn.library.upenn.edu/html/0047.html
#Hebrewmanuscripts #medievalmanuscripts
OPenn: British Library
openn.library.upenn.edu
July 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
⚠️Notice:
For those interested in Hebrew manuscripts at the British Library, while the British Library's online resources are down, you can access them through: openn.library.upenn.edu/html/0047.html
#Hebrewmanuscripts #medievalmanuscripts
For those interested in Hebrew manuscripts at the British Library, while the British Library's online resources are down, you can access them through: openn.library.upenn.edu/html/0047.html
#Hebrewmanuscripts #medievalmanuscripts
Working with high-res medieval manuscript images?
Just published our practical IIIF-based solution that's transformed how we handle manuscript fragments in paratextuality research and manuscript studies overall
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
#medievalmanuscripts #paratexts #IIIF #codicology #HHDD
Just published our practical IIIF-based solution that's transformed how we handle manuscript fragments in paratextuality research and manuscript studies overall
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
#medievalmanuscripts #paratexts #IIIF #codicology #HHDD
July 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Working with high-res medieval manuscript images?
Just published our practical IIIF-based solution that's transformed how we handle manuscript fragments in paratextuality research and manuscript studies overall
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
#medievalmanuscripts #paratexts #IIIF #codicology #HHDD
Just published our practical IIIF-based solution that's transformed how we handle manuscript fragments in paratextuality research and manuscript studies overall
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
#medievalmanuscripts #paratexts #IIIF #codicology #HHDD
📣 The 22nd Symposium of the Spanish Association of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AEEHJ) is happening next week in Soria!
👉 Register now via its website:
aeehj.net
👉 Register now via its website:
aeehj.net
June 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📣 The 22nd Symposium of the Spanish Association of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AEEHJ) is happening next week in Soria!
👉 Register now via its website:
aeehj.net
👉 Register now via its website:
aeehj.net
While preparing my seminar on the CSIC Hebrew Bible team, I found a unique copy of Benito Arias Montano's Hebrew Bible among their materials. What makes it unique? I wrote about it in BTNT's Piece of the Month. 👇
Dedicamos la pieza del mes de mayo La Biblia Hebraica de Benito Arias Montano: Un Tesoro en la Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás.
Por Elvira Martín-Contreras (ILC-CSIC)
@emartincontreras.bsky.social
biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/PiezaMes/Pie...
Por Elvira Martín-Contreras (ILC-CSIC)
@emartincontreras.bsky.social
biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/PiezaMes/Pie...
May 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
While preparing my seminar on the CSIC Hebrew Bible team, I found a unique copy of Benito Arias Montano's Hebrew Bible among their materials. What makes it unique? I wrote about it in BTNT's Piece of the Month. 👇
Reposted by Elvira Martín-Contreras
CFP: Thematic special issue of Renaissance Studies, “Diasporas of Sefarad and al-Andalus: Iberian Questions beyond Iberia.”
Final drafts of articles (ready for submission for peer-review) will be due Monday, July 21, 2025.
#CFP #Andalus #Sefarad #diasporas #moriscos #Sephardic #medievalsky
Final drafts of articles (ready for submission for peer-review) will be due Monday, July 21, 2025.
#CFP #Andalus #Sefarad #diasporas #moriscos #Sephardic #medievalsky
May 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
CFP: Thematic special issue of Renaissance Studies, “Diasporas of Sefarad and al-Andalus: Iberian Questions beyond Iberia.”
Final drafts of articles (ready for submission for peer-review) will be due Monday, July 21, 2025.
#CFP #Andalus #Sefarad #diasporas #moriscos #Sephardic #medievalsky
Final drafts of articles (ready for submission for peer-review) will be due Monday, July 21, 2025.
#CFP #Andalus #Sefarad #diasporas #moriscos #Sephardic #medievalsky
You can read my review of Thea Gomlauri's book on the Lailashi Codex here:
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
It is the first one in a language other than English.
But you can use Google Translate if needed 😉
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
It is the first one in a language other than English.
But you can use Google Translate if needed 😉
May 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You can read my review of Thea Gomlauri's book on the Lailashi Codex here:
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
It is the first one in a language other than English.
But you can use Google Translate if needed 😉
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
It is the first one in a language other than English.
But you can use Google Translate if needed 😉
📢Sefarad journal publication
The two issues corresponding to the year 2024 have been published.
With these issues, the magazine moves to a digital-only format.
You can read them here 👇
sefarad.revistas.csic.es/index.php/se...
sefarad.revistas.csic.es/index.php/se...
The two issues corresponding to the year 2024 have been published.
With these issues, the magazine moves to a digital-only format.
You can read them here 👇
sefarad.revistas.csic.es/index.php/se...
sefarad.revistas.csic.es/index.php/se...
April 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
📢Sefarad journal publication
The two issues corresponding to the year 2024 have been published.
With these issues, the magazine moves to a digital-only format.
You can read them here 👇
sefarad.revistas.csic.es/index.php/se...
sefarad.revistas.csic.es/index.php/se...
The two issues corresponding to the year 2024 have been published.
With these issues, the magazine moves to a digital-only format.
You can read them here 👇
sefarad.revistas.csic.es/index.php/se...
sefarad.revistas.csic.es/index.php/se...
ICMS 2025 is approaching quickly. I'll contribute to the session on para-biblical texts with a paper titled "Unveiling the Role of Paratextual Elements in Medieval Hebrew Bible Manuscripts".
April 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
ICMS 2025 is approaching quickly. I'll contribute to the session on para-biblical texts with a paper titled "Unveiling the Role of Paratextual Elements in Medieval Hebrew Bible Manuscripts".
Great news!
The National Library of Israel now offers registered users remote access to its digitized archival materials for self-study, teaching, and research purposes.
Link to the application form:
www.nli.org.il/en/at-your-s...
The National Library of Israel now offers registered users remote access to its digitized archival materials for self-study, teaching, and research purposes.
Link to the application form:
www.nli.org.il/en/at-your-s...
Remote Access to Archival Materials
Learn about remote access to archival materials from the collections of the National Library of Israel for the purpose of self-study, teaching and research
www.nli.org.il
April 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Great news!
The National Library of Israel now offers registered users remote access to its digitized archival materials for self-study, teaching, and research purposes.
Link to the application form:
www.nli.org.il/en/at-your-s...
The National Library of Israel now offers registered users remote access to its digitized archival materials for self-study, teaching, and research purposes.
Link to the application form:
www.nli.org.il/en/at-your-s...
Reposted by Elvira Martín-Contreras
Ink, angels and hard graft: the artists keeping Ethiopia’s ancient illuminated manuscript craft alive
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Ink, angels and hard graft: the artists keeping Ethiopia’s ancient illuminated manuscript craft alive
In an Addis Ababa workshop, sacred texts are painstakingly crafted on goat skin using methods dating back to early Christianity – plus a bit of inspiration from Google Images
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Ink, angels and hard graft: the artists keeping Ethiopia’s ancient illuminated manuscript craft alive
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
'Let's talk about the "Paratexts"' lecture series. Starting on April 30th, as part of the upcoming exhibition "Manuscripts and Mind" and the project "Paratexts Seeking Understanding," the Chester Beatty Library will explore the concept of paratexts.
chesterbeatty.ie/exhibi.../ma...
chesterbeatty.ie/exhibi.../ma...
April 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
'Let's talk about the "Paratexts"' lecture series. Starting on April 30th, as part of the upcoming exhibition "Manuscripts and Mind" and the project "Paratexts Seeking Understanding," the Chester Beatty Library will explore the concept of paratexts.
chesterbeatty.ie/exhibi.../ma...
chesterbeatty.ie/exhibi.../ma...
📢Abierto el plazo de introducción a la investigación #JAEIntro25.
Ofrezco el programa JAEINT25_EX_1275, "Introducción al estudio de las anotaciones en manuscritos medievales"
Información 👇
sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro...
🗓️ Hasta el 2 de mayo
Ofrezco el programa JAEINT25_EX_1275, "Introducción al estudio de las anotaciones en manuscritos medievales"
Información 👇
sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro...
🗓️ Hasta el 2 de mayo
April 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
📢Abierto el plazo de introducción a la investigación #JAEIntro25.
Ofrezco el programa JAEINT25_EX_1275, "Introducción al estudio de las anotaciones en manuscritos medievales"
Información 👇
sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro...
🗓️ Hasta el 2 de mayo
Ofrezco el programa JAEINT25_EX_1275, "Introducción al estudio de las anotaciones en manuscritos medievales"
Información 👇
sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro...
🗓️ Hasta el 2 de mayo
La asfixia a las universidades públicas madrileñas amenaza a los grados minoritarios. El primero en recibirla ha sido el de Ciencias de las Religiones, el único en el mundo impartido en lengua española.
Hay que salvarlo y a la universidad publica también.
www.larazon.es/opinion/salv...
Hay que salvarlo y a la universidad publica también.
www.larazon.es/opinion/salv...
Salvar las Ciencias de las Religiones en España
La supresión de estos estudios sería una tragedia académica no solo para los estudiantes y la universidad, sino para toda nuestra sociedad, que es la principal beneficiaria de los estudios sobre la hi...
www.larazon.es
March 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
La asfixia a las universidades públicas madrileñas amenaza a los grados minoritarios. El primero en recibirla ha sido el de Ciencias de las Religiones, el único en el mundo impartido en lengua española.
Hay que salvarlo y a la universidad publica también.
www.larazon.es/opinion/salv...
Hay que salvarlo y a la universidad publica también.
www.larazon.es/opinion/salv...