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The Hand of God in the Mishneh Torah

In 1984, researcher Evelyn M. Cohen examined the biblical illustrations of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah manuscript, which is kept in the David Kaufman collection. She noticed a detail that seemed to contradict the accepted narrative. In a scene that shows Moses giving the tablets of the covenant to the people of Israel, Cohen observed another figure that was erased and hidden under a later correction.

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