The 2025 Sherman Lecture: Moses Gaster; Scholar, Collector, Rabbi, Activist

The 2025 Sherman Lecture: Moses Gaster; Scholar, Collector, Rabbi, Activist

The Manchester University Centre for Jewish Studies presents Professor Philip Alexander in the magnificent John Rylands Library Reading Room

By John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Date and time

Tuesday, May 20 · 5 - 6:30pm GMT+1

Location

The John Rylands Research Institute and Library

150 Deansgate Manchester M3 3EH United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes


The 2025 Sherman Lecture

Under the auspices of the Manchester University Centre for Jewish Studies:

Philip Alexander -

“Moses Gaster (1856-1939) – Scholar, Collector, Rabbi, Activist: His scholarly legacy and his place in Jewish History.”


The annual Sherman Lecture returns on the 20th May 2025 in the stunning Reading Room at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library.

Professor Philip Alexander FBA is Emeritus Professor of Postbiblical Jewish Literature at the University of Manchester, and a founder and former director of its Centre for Jewish Studies.

Many of his scholarly interests overlap with those of Gaster, and since 1992 he has worked intensively on the Gaster Collection of manuscripts at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Deansgate, Manchester – the largest single collection of its kind in the world. He will critically survey Gaster’s vast range of interests and activities, and assess his scholarly legacy and his place in Jewish history.

17:00 - 18:30


Upon arrival please speak to a member of staff and be ready to show proof of booking. The Reading Room is an accesible space and is reachable via a lift.


Image credit: Gaster Hebrew MS 66 – folio 1a – on MDC: https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-GASTER-HEBREW-00066/3


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