The Cairo Geniza
DOWNLOAD
Download The Cairo Geniza PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get The Cairo Geniza book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
A Mediterranean Society
DOWNLOAD
Author : Shelomo Dov Goitein
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1967
A Mediterranean Society written by Shelomo Dov Goitein and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with History categories.
"One of the best comprehensive histories of a culture in this century."--Amos Funkenstein, Stanford University
The Cairo Genizah And The Age Of Discovery In Egypt
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rebecca J. W. Jefferson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-01-27
The Cairo Genizah And The Age Of Discovery In Egypt written by Rebecca J. W. Jefferson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-27 with History categories.
The Cairo Genizah is considered one of the world's greatest Hebrew manuscript treasures. Yet the story of how over a quarter of a million fragments hidden in Egypt were discovered and distributed around the world, before becoming collectively known as “The Cairo Genizah,” is far more convoluted and compelling than previously told. The full story involves an international cast of scholars, librarians, archaeologists, excavators, collectors, dealers and agents, operating from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, and all acting with varying motivations and intentions in a race for the spoils. Basing her research on a wealth of archival materials, Jefferson reconstructs how these protagonists used their various networks to create key alliances, or to blaze lone trails, each one on a quest to recover ancient manuscripts. Following in their footsteps, she takes the reader on a journey down into ancient caves and tombs, under medieval rubbish mounds, into hidden attic rooms, vaults, basements and wells, along labyrinthine souks, and behind the doors of private clubs and cloistered colleges. Along the way, the reader will also learn about the importance of establishing manuscript provenance and authenticity, and the impact to our understanding of the past when either factor is in doubt.
A Mediterranean Society
DOWNLOAD
Author : S. D. Goitein
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1967
A Mediterranean Society written by S. D. Goitein and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with History categories.
"One of the best comprehensive histories of a culture in this century."—Amos Funkenstein, Stanford University
Sacred Trash
DOWNLOAD
Author : Adina Hoffman
language : en
Publisher: Schocken
Release Date : 2011-04-05
Sacred Trash written by Adina Hoffman and has been published by Schocken this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-05 with History categories.
NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST Part of the Jewish Encounter series One May day in 1896, at a dining-room table in Cambridge, England, a meeting took place between a Romanian-born maverick Jewish intellectual and twin learned Presbyterian Scotswomen, who had assembled to inspect several pieces of rag paper and parchment. It was the unlikely start to what would prove a remarkable, continent-hopping, century-crossing saga, and one that in many ways has revolutionized our sense of what it means to lead a Jewish life. In Sacred Trash, MacArthur-winning poet and translator Peter Cole and acclaimed essayist Adina Hoffman tell the story of the retrieval from an Egyptian geniza, or repository for worn-out texts, of the most vital cache of Jewish manuscripts ever discovered. This tale of buried scholarly treasure weaves together unforgettable portraits of Solomon Schechter and the other heroes of this drama with explorations of the medieval documents themselves—letters and poems, wills and marriage contracts, Bibles, money orders, fiery dissenting tracts, fashion-conscious trousseaux lists, prescriptions, petitions, and mysterious magical charms. Presenting a panoramic view of nine hundred years of vibrant Mediterranean Judaism, Hoffman and Cole bring modern readers into the heart of this little-known trove, whose contents have rightly been dubbed “the Living Sea Scrolls.” Part biography and part meditation on the supreme value the Jewish people has long placed on the written word, Sacred Trash is above all a gripping tale of adventure and redemption.
The Cairo Genizah And The Age Of Discovery In Egypt
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rebecca Jefferson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
The Cairo Genizah And The Age Of Discovery In Egypt written by Rebecca Jefferson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Bible categories.
"The 'discovery' the Cairo Genizah has transformed Judaic Studies and our understanding of the Medieval Middle East more broadly. However, the complete story of how over a quarter of a million Hebrew manuscript fragments were discovered in 19th century Egypt and reassembled in collections around the world is far more convoluted and compelling than previously told. A little-known, forgotten or ignored cast of scholars, librarians, archaeologists, excavators, collectors, dealers and agents, all acting with varying motivations and intentions, utilized hidden networks and created alliances to find, disperse and redistribute these materials. Based on a wealth of archival materials, this book will take the reader on barge boats along the Nile, down into ancient caves and tombs, under medieval rubbish mounds, into hidden attic rooms and basements, along labyrinthine souks, and behind the doors of private club rooms, cloistered colleges and enemy alien internment camps. The journey will prove that provenance matters and that inaccurate, incomplete or simply untrue attributions have serious implications for scholarship. Readers will learn new information about the history of the Cairo Genizah; they will learn more about the Egyptian antiquities trade in the 19th and 20th century; they will gain further insights into late 19th and early 20th century manuscript collecting and archive building; and they will read about the importance of provenance research and the effect on scholarship when provenance is misleading or simply unknown."--
A Mediterranean Society
DOWNLOAD
Author : S. D. Goitein
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1967
A Mediterranean Society written by S. D. Goitein and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with History categories.
"One of the best comprehensive histories of a culture in this century."—Amos Funkenstein, Stanford University
A Mediterranean Society
DOWNLOAD
Author : S. D. Goitein
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1999
A Mediterranean Society written by S. D. Goitein and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
"One of the best comprehensive histories of a culture in this century."—Amos Funkenstein, Stanford University
Documents Of The Jewish Pious Foundations From The Cairo Geniza
DOWNLOAD
Author : Moshe Gil
language : en
Publisher: Brill Archive
Release Date : 1976-01-01
Documents Of The Jewish Pious Foundations From The Cairo Geniza written by Moshe Gil and has been published by Brill Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976-01-01 with Religion categories.
India Traders Of The Middle Ages
DOWNLOAD
Author : Shelomo Dov Goitein
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008
India Traders Of The Middle Ages written by Shelomo Dov Goitein and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
The annotated and translated letters of 11th-12th century traders of the Jewish Indian Ocean, found in the Cairo Geniza, provide fascinating information on commerce between the Far East, Yemen and the Mediterranean, medieval material, social, and spiritual civilization among Jews and Arabs, and Judeo-Arabic.
The Cairo Geniza
DOWNLOAD
Author : Paul Kahle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
The Cairo Geniza written by Paul Kahle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Bible categories.