{"id":1259,"date":"2017-09-27T07:41:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T07:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:08:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T13:08:20","slug":"mst-tutor-rebecca-abrams-the-jewish-journey-4000-years-in-22-objects-from-the-ashmolean-museum-to-be-published-in-october-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1259","title":{"rendered":"MSt tutor Rebecca Abram&#8217;s &#8220;The Jewish Journey: 4000 years in 22 objects from the Ashmolean Museum&#8221; out now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-16-at-16.38.24.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?attachment_id=1261\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-16-at-16.38.24.jpg?fit=313%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"313,417\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-06-16 at 16.38.24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-16-at-16.38.24.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-16-at-16.38.24.jpg?fit=313%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1261 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-16-at-16.38.24.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-16-at-16.38.24.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-16-at-16.38.24.jpg?w=313&amp;ssl=1 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Backcover.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1262\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?attachment_id=1262\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Backcover.jpg?fit=845%2C1221&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"845,1221\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Backcover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Backcover.jpg?fit=208%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Backcover.jpg?fit=709%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1262 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Backcover.jpg?resize=324%2C459&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MSt tutor Rebecca Abram&#8217;s <em>The Jewish Journey: 4000 years in 22 objects from the Ashmolean<\/em> <em>Museum\u00a0<\/em>has been published by the Ashmolean Museum, (ISBN 978-1-910807-03-3).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.ashmolean.org\/index.php\/books\/ashmolean-books\/western-art\/the-jewish-journey-4000-years-in-22-objects.html\">Read more about it\/buy it online from the Ashmolean online shop.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSt tutor Rebecca Abram&#8217;s The Jewish Journey: 4000 years in 22 objects from the Ashmolean Museum\u00a0has been published by the Ashmolean Museum, (ISBN 978-1-910807-03-3). Read more about it\/buy it online from the Ashmolean online shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publications","category-tutor_news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p40Qhf-kj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1334,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1334","url_meta":{"origin":1259,"position":0},"title":"MSt tutor Rebecca Abrams on &#8220;The Jewish Journey: 4,000 Years in 22 Objects&#8221; in The Observer","author":"MSt Creative Writing","date":"October 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"MSt tutor Rebecca Abrams' article complementing her book, The Jewish Journey: 4,000 Years in 22 Objects, is in The Observer of 15th October 2017. 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