Explains how Cairo came to have its important Genizah archive, how Cambridge developed its interests in Hebraica, and how a number of colourful figures brought about the connection between the two centres. Also shows the importance of the Genizah material for Jewish cultural history.
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'A lively and accessible account of the discovery and study of the Cairo Genizah, a major source of material for the history of Oriental Jewish communities and Mediterranean society in general. This book is highly recommended' - Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, Journal of Jewish Studies
Reif's pioneering work is an excellent introduction to the Genizah ... in a lucid and concise style, and with the help of sixty photographs and maps and an excellent internal organisation, the book is a most interesting work which should be reccommended to a wide range of readers.' - Journal of Semitic Studies Vol. 47: 2
'For his decades of service to this cause and for this book in particular, Professor Reif deserves our admiration and thanks.' - The Jewish Quarterly Review, XCIII, Nos. 3-4 (January-April, 2003)
'Not only does the book's compiler, Professor Reif, possess impeccable scholarly credentials...but many of its non-specialist readers - and this is a book which deserves to have many readers - will certainly echo this reviewer's gratitude for the commitment expressed in his introduced to the cause of communicating the results of specialist academic research to a wider interested public.' - Christopher Shackle, Bulletin of SOAS
Reif's pioneering work is an excellent introduction to the Genizah ... in a lucid and concise style, and with the help of sixty photographs and maps and an excellent internal organisation, the book is a most interesting work which should be reccommended to a wide range of readers.' - Journal of Semitic Studies Vol. 47: 2
'For his decades of service to this cause and for this book in particular, Professor Reif deserves our admiration and thanks.' - The Jewish Quarterly Review, XCIII, Nos. 3-4 (January-April, 2003)
'Not only does the book's compiler, Professor Reif, possess impeccable scholarly credentials...but many of its non-specialist readers - and this is a book which deserves to have many readers - will certainly echo this reviewer's gratitude for the commitment expressed in his introduced to the cause of communicating the results of specialist academic research to a wider interested public.' - Christopher Shackle, Bulletin of SOAS
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This review is from: A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo: The History of Cambridge University's Genizah Collection (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East) (Paperback)
Author Stefan Reif is Director of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit at the Cambridge University Library. This book discusses the amazing treasure-trove of documents from Egypt's Cairo Genizah, which yielded several important documents about the Khazars, included writings by famous Jewish personalities like Moses Maimonides and Yehuda HaLevi, and also helps us better understand the daily lives of medieval Jews in subjects as wide ranging as medicine, music, marriage, philosophy, religious practices, and relations with Muslims and Christians. Reif provides capsule histories of the amassing of the Genizah Collection, biographies of the personalities who worked on Genizah research and preservation efforts, and summaries and illustrations of many of the documents contained in the collection.
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Over seven hundred years ago, when a few brave souls in England were bearing the torch of learning to damp and distant Cambridge, and almost four centuries before Hebrew was taught at its famous university, a Jewish community known throughout the Islamic empire for its social and political stability, as well as its economic and cultural achievements, had already been flourishing on the Nile for two hundred and fifty years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Hebrew Bible, Cairo Genizah, Ben Sira, Ben Ezra, Cambridge Genizah Collections, Holy Land, Middle Ages, Solomon Schechter, Tel Aviv, North Africa, University of Cambridge, University Librarian, Jewish Theological Seminary, Charles Taylor, John's College, Hebrew University, Dead Sea, Eretz Yisrael, Near East, Cambridge University Reporter, Francis Jenkinson, Christ's College, Egyptian Jewish, Elkan Nathan Adler New!
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Over seven hundred years ago, when a few brave souls in England were bearing the torch of learning to damp and distant Cambridge, and almost four centuries before Hebrew was taught at its famous university, a Jewish community known throughout the Islamic empire for its social and political stability, as well as its economic and cultural achievements, had already been flourishing on the Nile for two hundred and fifty years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
genizah collections, geonic period, liturgical poetry Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Hebrew Bible, Cairo Genizah, Ben Sira, Ben Ezra, Cambridge Genizah Collections, Holy Land, Middle Ages, Solomon Schechter, Tel Aviv, North Africa, University of Cambridge, University Librarian, Jewish Theological Seminary, Charles Taylor, John's College, Hebrew University, Dead Sea, Eretz Yisrael, Near East, Cambridge University Reporter, Francis Jenkinson, Christ's College, Egyptian Jewish, Elkan Nathan Adler New!
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- Texts and Studies in Jewish History and Literature (The Abraham and Hannah Oppenheim Memorial Publications.) by Jacob Mann on 4 pages
- William Robertson Smith: Essays in Reassessment (JSOT Supplement) by W. Johnstone on page 46, page 68, and page 258
- Social and Religious History of the Jews by Salo Wittmayer Baron on page 144, page 231, and page 234
- History of the Jews (Schocken paperbacks on Jewish life and religion) by Cecil Roth on page 45, page 144, and page 231
- Karaite Anthology: Excerpts from the Early Literature (Yale Judaica Series) by Leon Nemoy on page 178, and page 233
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