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Throughout history, the study of sacred texts has focused almost exclusively on the content and meaning of these writings. Such a focus obscures the fact that sacred texts are always embodied in particular material forms—from ancient scrolls to contemporary electronic devices. Using the digital turn as a starting point, this volume highlights material dimensions of the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The essays in this collection investigate how material aspects have shaped the production and use of these texts within and between the traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, from antiquity to the present day. Contributors also reflect on the implications of transitions between varied material forms and media cultures. Taken together, the essays suggests that materiality is significant for the academic study of sacred texts, as well as for reflection on developments within and between these religious traditions. This volume offers insightful analysis on key issues related to the materiality of sacred texts in the traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, while also highlighting the significance of transitions between various material forms, including the current shift to digital culture.

Digital turn. --- Digitalisierung. --- Heilige Texte. --- Materialität. --- digitization. --- materiality of sacred texts. --- RELIGION / Comparative Religion.

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Through the application of scientific methods of analysis to a corpus of medieval manuscripts found in the Cairo Genizah, this work aims to gain a better understanding of the writing materials used by Jewish communities at that time, shedding new light not only on the production of manuscripts in the Middle Ages, but also on the life of those Jewish communities.

Archaeological chemistry. --- Cairo Genizah. --- Codicology. --- Jews --- Judaism --- Manuscripts, Hebrew. --- Writing materials and instruments. --- History --- Manuscripts. --- Writing --- Office equipment and supplies --- Hebrew manuscripts --- Religions --- Semites --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Manuscriptology --- Bibliography --- Manuscripts --- Genizah --- Manuscripts, Hebrew --- Analytical chemistry --- Archaeology --- Materials and instruments --- Religion --- Methodology --- Judaism: sacred texts