This exhibition is based on a physical exhibition of the same name, held in New College, Oxford on 13 November 2025 as part of the Margoliouth Symposium organised by Dr Christian C. Sahner.
Curators
Antje Frotscher—Curatorial Assistant, New College, Oxford
For this online exhibition, Antje worked on the ‘Arabic’ and ‘Multi-Language’ tabs. She adapted the text from the physical exhibition, adding more detail where necessary, and assisted with the digitisation of images used throughout the exhibition.
Will Shire—Deputy Librarian, New College, Oxford
For this online exhibition, Will worked on the ‘Margoliouth’, ‘Hebrew’, and ‘Syriac’ tabs. He also proof read the entire exhibition, assisted with digitisation, liased with Olamalu on technical matters, and set up the navigation for the exhibition.
Thanks
This online exhibition would not have been possible without the support of Olamalu, who designed the website.
Images
All images are in the public domain or are © Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford. If you wish to reproduce an image in any way or have any questions about the images, please contact the Librarian.
Chattels Images
Two images derive from the New College Chattels collection, and are © Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford/Bridgeman Images:
Medal by John Pinches Medallists Ltd., 1928 (gold), NCO403548.
Medal by John Pinches Medallists Ltd., 1928 (gold), NCO403547.
Further Reading
The following sources were consulted when writing the text for this online exhibition:
Gedikli Gorali, Naide, Jessica Rahardjo, and Christopher Skelton-Foord, ‘MS 383 and Margoliouth: To Mark the Return of Arabic to New College, Oxford’, New College Notes 22 (2024), no. 6. Available online.
Hoyland, Robert G., and H. G. M. Williamson, eds., The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
Hiebert, Theodore, ‘The Tower of Babel and the Origin of the World’s Cultures’, Journal of Biblical literature 126.1 (2007): pp. 29–58.
Loewe, Raphael, ‘Hebrew Books and Judaica in Medieval Oxford and Cambridge’, in Roth, Cecil, John M Shaftesley, and Jewish Historical Society of England. Remember the Days; Essays on Anglo-Jewish History Presented to Cecil Roth by Members of the Council of the Jewish Historical Society of England. London: Jewish Historical Society of England, 1966.
Shepardson, Christine C., Anti-Judaism and Christian Orthodoxy: Ephrem’s Hymns in Fourth-Century Syria. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2008.
Shimron, Joseph, Reading Hebrew: The Language and the Psychology of Reading It. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
Sorenson, David S., An Introduction to the Modern Middle East: History, Religion, Political Economy, Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 2014.
