From the battlefield of books essays celebrating 50 years of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit edited by Nick Posegay, Magdalen M. Connolly, Ben Outhwaite

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Posegay, Nick, editor.

Connolly, Magdalen M., editor.

Outhwaite, Ben, editor.

Series:

Études sur le judaïsme médiéval t. 99

Cambridge Genizah studies series v. 16

Études sur le judaïsme médiéval 2772-5804 tome xcix

Cambridge Genizah studies series volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cambridge University Library. Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit.

Cambridge University Library.

Judaism--History--Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789--Sources.

Judaism.

Jews--History--70-1789--Sources.

Jews.

Cairo Genizah.

Manuscripts, Hebrew--England--Cambridge--History.

Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic--England--Cambridge--History.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic.

Genre:

Festschriften

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston Brill [2024]

Summary:

"This collection of essays celebrates 50 years since the founding of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit at Cambridge University Library. Three generations of scholars contributed their research and memories from their time at the GRU, stretching back to 1974. Their work comprises 18 articles on medieval Jewish History, Hebrew and Arabic manuscripts, archival history, and the story of the Cairo Genizah collections at the University of Cambridge. Together, they demonstrate the achievements of GRU alumni in advancing the field of Genizah Studies for more than five decades"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

The Genizah Research Unit at 50 Melonie Schmierer-Lee New Maimonidean documents Amir Ashur, Alan Elbaum More Genizah Bible fragments written by Samuel b. Jacob Kim Phillips Two fragments of Saadya's Tafsīr by Samuel b. Jacob Ronny Vollandt Two hitherto unpublished bilingual (Jewish Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic) Genizah fragments from the Scroll of Antiochus Siam Bhayro A fragment of a mystical-philosophical Judaeo-Arabic commentary on the Talmudic ʼAggadot from the Pietist circle Paul Fenton Five Greek glosses to Talmud Tractate Bava Meṣia Julia G. Krivoruchko A hidden hoard in a synagogue or a church? Avihai Shivtiel Fragments of a hitherto unknown Judaeo-Arabic transcription of Ibn al-Tilmīḏ's Aqrābāḏīn found in the Cairo Genizah Leigh Chipman An Arabic document of sale from medieval Cairo preserved in the Firkovitch Collection Geoffrey Khan Qiṣṣat al-Ğumǧuma : an Arabic-script version of 'The story of the skull' in the Cairo Genizah collections Magdalen M. Connolly Six leaves of the Arabic Kalila wa-Dimna in Hebrew characters Mohamed Ahmed How many refutations did Saadya Gaon write against Ibn Sāqawayh? Nadia Vidro Representations of a new 'mental time' in Karaite exegetical sources Meira Polliack To hire tents and camels and take the desert routeway of Gaza : Margaret Gibson's 1896 expedition from Cairo to Jerusalem Catherine Ansorge Ernest James Worman and the Victorian Genizah : a salt-miner's tale of romance, tax evasion, and sudden death Nick Posegay Thirteen fragments of the Passover Haggadah : tracing their exodus from Egypt to Cambridge Rebecca J.W. Jefferson Senior assistance for a junior initiative : S.D. Goitein and the Genizah Research Unit 1973-1985 Stefan C. Reif

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN:

9789004712331

900471233X

OCLC:

1460025513

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