Another Book Sale success at New College Library, Edinburgh TAGS: alumni | Books | Divinity | donations | Freshers Week | New College Edinburgh | New College Library | students New College Library held another successful Book Sale of duplicate volumes and unsuitable donations this Freshers week in the David Welsh Reading Room, New College Library. We’re pleased to be …Continue reading →

Medieval Jewish Biblical Scholarship at New College Library TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Dalman-Christie | Divinity | Funk | Hebrew | Jerusalem | Jewish | Judaism | Latin | medieval | New College Library | Old Testament | rare books | seventeenth-century | Special Collections This item from New College Library’s Special Collections is a biblical commentary on the Old Testament prophets by the Portuguese Jewish scholar Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508).   Abravanel was employed by King …Continue reading →

A Study in Syriac TAGS: Biblical Studies | Divinity | donations | Funk | Hebrew | Latin | New College Library | rare books | seventeenth-century | Special Collections | Syriac | University of Edinburgh Syriac has been taught at New College, Edinburgh, since its earliest days, as part of the family of ancient languages studied here. Today, for University of Edinburgh Students in years …Continue reading →

Historic record of Jewish festivals at New College Library TAGS: Church of Scotland | Dalman-Christie | Funk | Hebrew | Jerusalem | Jewish | Judaism | New College Library | rare books | Religious Studies | seventeenth-century | Special Collections It’s September 16 and the beginning of Rosh Hashanah,  the Jewish New Year festival. Rosh Hashanah customs include sounding the shofar, or ram’s horn trumpet, and eating apples dipped in …Continue reading →

Science and religion : a natural history TAGS: Divinity | eighteenth-century | natural history | New College Library | rare books | religion | science | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh Today’s Opening Lecture for the 2012-13 academic session at the School of Divinity will be given by Professor Wentzel van Huyssteen of Princeton Theological Seminary, and will launch the new …Continue reading →

Welcome to New College Library TAGS: Divinity | Freshers Week | New College Library | students | University of Edinburgh A big welcome to all students starting and returning to the University of Edinburgh today, at the beginning of Freshers week 2012. We’re looking forward to meeting you. To help …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – September TAGS: Books | Divinity | New College Library | online | religion | University of Edinburgh New College Library has a regular display of new books at the far end of the Library Hall, close to the door to the stacks. We also acquire some titles …Continue reading →

Once in a blue moon? Surprises in the New College Library stacks … TAGS: astronomy | Books | cataloguing | library catalogue | New College Library | science | twentieth-century | University of Edinburgh The 31st of August is scheduled for a ‘blue moon’ over Scotland. A blue moon traditionally occurs whenever two full moons happen in a single month – an unusual occurence, …Continue reading →

Here comes the rain again … TAGS: Books | New College Library | R.L. Stevenson | Special Collections | twentieth-century | Z Collection The rain is pouring down this afternoon in thundery showers. Here’s a rainy day item from New College Library’s collections. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this prayer in time of rain …Continue reading →

Planned changes to New College Library photocopying services TAGS: copy cards | external users | New College Library | photocopying | students The University is introducing a new system of copying and printing over the summer of 2012. New Xerox multi-function devices (MFDs) are due to be installed for the beginning of …Continue reading →