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Publications and audio visual

Over the years I have amassed a body of activity and this is recorded below with links to those that are on line. This page is a work in progress and not yet complete.


Academic Publications

2021, Sefer Tagin Fragments from the Cairo Genizah
A Critical Edition, Commentary and Reconstruction. Cambridge Genizah Studies Series, Volume 12
Series: Cambridge Genizah Studies, Volume: 85, Études sur le judaïsme médiéval, Volume: 85
https://brill.com/view/title/56898

Ongoing, Updates and errata on the book above: https://www.academia.edu/44842137/Sefer_Tagin_Fragments_from_the_Cairo_Genizah_Updates_and_Errata

Lectures and seminars

2021 (Mar), Ask the Scribe: Everything you wanted to know about scribes but never met one to ask, Cambridge University Library
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/whats/ask-scribe-everything-you-wanted-know-about-scribes-never-met-one-ask?fbclid=IwAR1AymEiR9Hax3PoHmLm7GO-CT6g0uy3nC_3dbhA4xLY1u756w10W8oJ2SY

2021 (Jan) Books about Books: Marc Michaels, Sefer Tagin Fragments from the Cairo Genizah,
Association of Jewish Libraries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWNj3xSlrOU

2020 (May), Hebrew Scribing: The work of a Sofer, Malborough College
https://www.marlboroughcollege.org/2020/05/hebrew-scribing-the-work-of-a-sofer/?fbclid=IwAR3ELmXvAUs7s7RMorKosEl-SaXZT9XabMhLHKex4aAAZu8cAOUt-7fB61U

Articles and interviews

2021 (Aug), Q&A Wednesday: The special letters of Sefer Tagin, with Marc Michaels, Genizah Fragments: Blog of the Genizah Research Unit. Interview with Melonie Schmierer-Lee.
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-special-letters-sefer-tagin-marc-michaels?fbclid=IwAR1NVjtQrq6eSCWGPAnIovg_i-6SIEe_00cNCDc7xJQupui8DLMlunqNnSk

2021 (July), Progressively Jewish Podcast: Season 2, Episode 37, Vaetchanan (with Avielah Barclay and Rabbi Richard Jacoby (host).
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1slNjAZk5ytF6oqyrr2uYj?fbclid=IwAR2-dp9atqbcpEn-lmHrzxVBvQajMq0c-ZJRxc3kFiKJKjq_0HU6C-n2QcM

2020 (Dec), Sixty Second Schmooze, Interview with Essex Jewish News about my scribal practice, my books and projects. (with Micaela Blitz).
https://www.academia.edu/44681649/Sixty_Second_Shmooze_Sofrut_Article_Essex_Jewish_News_Page_11_Dec

2020 (Jan), Heart and Soul - Adventures of a Scribe, BBC radio (with Avielah Barclay and Dina Newman) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct0485 and video clip at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p081hnq4

2019, Hebrew Voices no. 102 - The Scribe's Toolbox interview on Nehemiah's Wall, interviewed by Nehemiah Gordon,https://www.nehemiaswall.com/scribe-toolbox

2018, Scrolls to Newcastle. Article on the restoration of the Newcastle Czech scroll rescued from the Shoah and the special decorations it contains. Published  in the Memorial Scrolls Trust (MST) Newsletter, Winter 2018. https://www.academia.edu/37765247/From_MST_Newsletter_Winter_2018_SCROLLS_TO_NEWCASTLE
Additional information on the restoration featuring old style loop stitching is also available in a short video https://www.facebook.com/55615525855/videos/526891517779385/

BBC Teach, Class Clips Religious Studies KS2: The Torah
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/what-is-the-torah/zhs2t39

2011, Extract on Sofrut/Scribal Arts (Marc Michaels/Mordechai Pinchas) from THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CALLIGRAPHY, Calderhead and Cohen, Sterling, New York, 2011 pp. 98-99.
https://www.academia.edu/37688168/Sofrut_Scribal_Arts_Extract_from_World_Encyclopedia_of_Calligraphy_pdf

2008, Manna Interview, no. 99 Spring. An interview about me and part of my journey to become a scribe by Barry Hyman. https://www.academia.edu/38337918/Interview_in_Manna_No_99_Spring_2008_pdf

2004, Work of the Sofer, interview I gave for Letter Arts Review in 2004 (Volume 14, Number 2) - article and transcription of interview by Frances Spiegel. Photos by Marc Michaels and Ronald Spiegel.

Other Publications


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