Sherman Community Lecture in Jewish Studies 2025

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

Professor Philip Alexander (University of Manchester)

Time and date: Tuesday 20th May 2025, 17:00-18:30 at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library (Historic Reading Room)

Register here.

Biography: 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.