The Cairo Genizah and the age of discovery in Egypt : the history and provenance of a Jewish archive /: the history and provenance of a Jewish archive. (2022)
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- Book
- Title:
- The Cairo Genizah and the age of discovery in Egypt : the history and provenance of a Jewish archive /: the history and provenance of a Jewish archive. (2022)
- Main Title:
- The Cairo Genizah and the age of discovery in Egypt : the history and provenance of a Jewish archive
- Further Information:
- Note: Rebecca J.W. Jefferson.
- Authors:
- Jefferson, Rebecca J. W
- Contents:
- List of figuresAcknowledgements PrologueChapter 1: Hiding places for Hebrew manuscriptsChapter 2: Seeking out the hiding places (1860s)Chapter 3: Discovering the manuscript treasures of Egypt (1870s)Chapter 4: Increasing demand for Hebrew manuscripts (early 1880s)Chapter 5: Collectors and dealers on the rise (late 1880s)Chapter 6: A hidden room laid open (1889-1890)Chapter 7: Secret dispatches from Cairo (1890-1892)Chapter 8: Lost provenance (1892-1893)Chapter 9: From the genizah of an Egyptian synagogue (1894)Chapter 10: A subterranean hoard (1895-1896)Chapter 11: The keys to Cairo (1896-1897)Chapter 12: In the footsteps of Jewish pilgrims (1897)Chapter 13: No leaf left unturned (1897-1898)Chapter 14: Finding every last fragment (1898-1899)Chapter 15: An inexhaustible supply (1900s)EpilogueAppendix: Genizah collections.
- Publisher Details:
- London : I.B. Tauris
- Publication Date:
- 2022
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 296.1
Cairo Genizah
Judaism -- Manuscripts
Judaism -- Sacred books
Cairo (Egypt) -- Antiquities - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781788319652
9781788319669 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781788319638
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