Home›Sources›Brooks, "The Book of Exodus," The New Yorker, 2007SourcesBrooks, "The Book of Exodus," The New Yorker, 2007Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Brooks, "The Book of Exodus," The New Yorker, 2007." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/brooks-the-book-of-exodus-the-new-yorker-2007.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Brooks, "The Book of Exodus," The New Yorker, 2007. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/brooks-the-book-of-exodus-the-new-yorker-2007Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-brooks-the-book-of-exodus-the-new-yorker, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Brooks, "The Book of Exodus," The New Yorker, 2007}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/brooks-the-book-of-exodus-the-new-yorker-2007}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXGeraldine Brooks is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and novelist who researched the Sarajevo Haggadah's wartime rescues for this feature, drawing on interviews and on Dervis Korkut's own family and colleagues. Its strength is sustained investigative reporting on the human story behind the manuscript's survival, published in a magazine with a strong fact checking record. Its limit is that it is journalism rather than peer reviewed art history, so it is cited here for the rescue narrative rather than for the manuscript's physical description.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier two: investigative magazine journalism by a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and novelist, drawing on interviews with Dervis Korkut's own family and colleagues, published in a magazine with a strong fact checking record. Its limit is that it is journalism rather than peer reviewed art history, so it is cited here for the rescue narrative rather than for the manuscript's physical description.NotesWell-attestedDecember 3, 2007 issue, page 74. A double investigative feature on Dervis Korkut's wartime rescue of the Haggadah and of a Jewish girl he sheltered.CitationAuthorWell-attestedGeraldine BrooksPublisherWell-attestedThe New YorkerPublication YearWell-attested2007URLWell-attestedhttps://geraldinebrooks.com/the-book-of-exodus/Source TypeWell-attestedmagazine featureClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Textual Witnesses, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested9ArticlesHidden Twice to SurviveSourcesBrooks, "The Book of Exodus," The New Yorker, 2007General References2ArticlesHidden Twice to SurviveTextual WitnessesSarajevo HaggadahComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year