The Cairo Genizah and the age of discovery in Egypt: the history and provenance of a Jewish archive

Preface: Dramatis Personae -- Introduction: Reconstructing 'the Cairo Genizah' -- Chapter 1: Networking 19th Century Egypt -- Chapter 2: Ruins, Restorations and Rubbish -- Chapter 3: Hiding Places for Sacred Books -- Chapter 4: Covert Dispatches from Cairo -- Chapter 5: Manuscript Traders...

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Main Author: Jefferson, Rebecca J. W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London [England] I. B. Tauris 2021
In:Year: 2021
Reviews:[Rezension von: Jefferson, Rebecca J. W., The Cairo Genizah and the age of discovery in Egypt : the history and provenance of a Jewish archive] (2024) (Goff, Matthew J.)
Edition:First edition
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Esra-Synagoge Kairo / Genizah
B Esra-Synagoge Kairo / Genizah / Archive / Art
Further subjects:B Judaism History Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 Sources
B Bible Manuscripts, Hebrew
B Middle Eastern history
B Jewish archives (Egypt) (Cairo)
B Cairo Genizah History
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Summary:Preface: Dramatis Personae -- Introduction: Reconstructing 'the Cairo Genizah' -- Chapter 1: Networking 19th Century Egypt -- Chapter 2: Ruins, Restorations and Rubbish -- Chapter 3: Hiding Places for Sacred Books -- Chapter 4: Covert Dispatches from Cairo -- Chapter 5: Manuscript Traders and Hunters -- Chapter 6: A Race to Recover the Bible -- Chapter 7: The Keys to Cairo -- Chapter 8: Graveyards and Other Genizot -- Chapter 9: No Leaf Left Unturned -- Chapter 10: Genizah Secrets and Lies -- Conclusion: Deconstructing 'the Cairo Genizah' -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography.
"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."--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN:1788319672
Access:Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5040/9781788319676