The Cairo Genizah and the Age of Discovery in Egypt: The History and Provenance of a Jewish Archive
Cover -- Half-Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- 1 Hiding places for Hebrew manuscripts -- 2 Seeking out the hiding places (1860s) -- 3 Discovering the manuscript treasures of Egypt (1870s) -- 4 Increasing demand for Hebrew manuscripts (ear...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Further subjects: | B
Judaism-History-Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789
B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781788319638 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half-Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- 1 Hiding places for Hebrew manuscripts -- 2 Seeking out the hiding places (1860s) -- 3 Discovering the manuscript treasures of Egypt (1870s) -- 4 Increasing demand for Hebrew manuscripts (early 1880s) -- 5 Collectors and dealers on the rise (late 1880s) -- 6 A hidden room laid open (1889-90) -- 7 Secret dispatches from Cairo (1890-2) -- 8 Lost provenance (1892-3) -- 9 From the genizah of an Egyptian synagogue (1894) -- 10 A subterranean hoard (1895-6) -- 11 The keys to Cairo (1896-7) -- 12 In the footsteps of Jewish pilgrims (1897) -- 13 No leaf left unturned (1897-8) -- 14 Finding every last fragment (1898-9) -- 15 An inexhaustible supply (1900s) -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Genizah collections -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright. |
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| ISBN: | 1788319656 |