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Sacred treasure--the Cairo genizah, the amazing discoveries of forgotten Jewish history in an Egyptian synagogue attic, Mark Glickman

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Sacred treasure--the Cairo genizah, the amazing discoveries of forgotten Jewish history in an Egyptian synagogue attic, Mark Glickman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sacred treasure--the Cairo genizah

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

610867029

Responsibility statement

Mark Glickman

Sub title

the amazing discoveries of forgotten Jewish history in an Egyptian synagogue attic

Summary

Documents the discovery of over 300,000 documents in an attic of a synogoge in Cairo, Egypt, describing why they were amassed, the circumstances surrounding how they were found, and what the documents contain

Table Of Contents

Treasures in the synagogue attic -- The Genizah moment -- Solomon Schechter : the rabbi of Christ's College -- "The Giblews" : the sisters, their adventures, and the documents that opened the Genizah -- May 13, 1896 -- A battlefield of books -- Unpacking the boxes -- More treasures come to light : the Genizah after Schechter, 1902-1950 -- Professor Genizah : Shelomo Dov Goitein and the Mediterranean society he uncovered -- Sheet music, long-lost Talmud, and a lame and decrepit female hyena : the second half-century of Genizah research -- The Genizah today -- The Friedberg Genizah Project -- Sacred treasure

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