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Category: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED)

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Celebrating Purim, Bezalel-Style: The Hebraic Section Welcomes a New Acquisition

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Ann Brener, Hebraic Specialist, African and Middle Eastern Division.) This year, the Hebraic Section celebrates the Jewish holiday of Purim with a splendid new Scroll of Esther, the biblical book retelling the familiar story of palace intrigue in ancient Persia and of the Jewish Queen Esther, who saved her people …

Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Hebraic Section

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Saʻdī and His Mystical Humanist Literature at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

The Library of Congress is home to a collection of rare Persian language manuscripts, among which 10 unique volumes hold the writings and poetry of the master of words, Sa’di of Shiraz, who was a mystical humanist and anecdotal story teller and lived in medieval Persia from the city of Shiraz, but traveled far and wide throughout the Islamic world and wrote about the unity of mankind.

Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section