There is a widespread but mistaken notion that few documents have survived from the
Islamicate Middle East before about 1500. Even specialists in the medieval Middle East …

Other titles: Religion, culture, and public life. Description: New York: Columbia University
Press,[2020]| Series: Religion, culture, and public life| Includes bibliographical references …

In their article, the authors announce the discovery of a new fragment of the Hebrew Book of
Ben Sira in the Cairo Genizah, in the Taylor-Schechter collection of the Cambridge …

The rich collection of Hebrew books and manuscripts at the Bodleian Library was once
described as 'the greatest Hebrew library in the world', 1 yet little is known about the history …

Abstract Saadiah Gaon (882–942 CE) is counted among the most influential scholars of
Judaeo-Arabic culture. His translation of the Tora into Arabic, which was produced in the first …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Composition Analysis of Writing Materials in Cairo Genizah
Documents Page 3 Études sur le Judaïsme Médiéval Fondées par Georges Vajda Rédacteur …

“There is nothing that does not leave its mark”—MD Gibson gnes Smith Lewis and Margaret
Dunlop Gibson were twin sisters who excelled in Semitic studies, particularly Syriac and …

The Cairo Genizah is famous as a source of manuscripts for the study of the medieval
Mediterranean world, especially Jewish communities during the High Middle Ages …

Abstract The Cambridge Inventory Project, sponsored by the Friedberg Genizah Project and
carried out by a number of researchers at the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, was …

The following article examines the Revd Greville John Chester's activities in the Egyptian
antiquities trade from 1889 to 1892, specifically his involvement in discovering and …