Bodleian Libraries use 21st-century digital technology to fulfil 12th-century Hebrew mandate

The Bodleian Libraries have digitized and made available online part of the first comprehensive code of Jewish Law, Mishneh Torah. Written between 1170 and 1180 by the rabbinic scholar Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides or by his Hebrew acronym Rambam, the Mishneh Torah is one of the most important manuscripts of the Bodleian's world-class Hebrew collection. For the first time, the manuscript can now be consulted, browsed and read online. Using revolutionary technology, all the one hundred eighty-eight openings of the manuscripts are captured in high-resolution digital images allowing readers to zoom in and examine the manuscript in detail. The electronic resource offers free worldwide access