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In this readable and intriguing study, Reif has told a number of remarkable stories. He has explained how Cairo came to have its important Genizah archive, how Cambridge developed its interests in Hebraica, and how a number of colourful figures brought about the connection between the two centres. Also reliably summarised here are the importance of the Genizah material for Jewish cultural history and the manner in which its conservation, decipherment and publication have proceeded in the course of a century.
In this readable and intriguing study, Reif has told a number of remarkable stories. He has explained how Cairo came to have its important Genizah archive, how Cambridge developed its interests in Hebraica, and how a number of colourful figures brought about the connection between the two centres. Also reliably summarised here are the importance of the Genizah material for Jewish cultural history and the manner in which its conservation, decipherment and publication have proceeded in the course of a century.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, INTRODUCTION, 1 A WONDROUS JEWISH SITE, 2 THE CAMBRIDGE CONNECTION, 3 DETAILS OF THE CAST, 4 TEXTS IN TRANSIT, 5 WHOLLY FOR BIBLE, 6 IN RABBINIC GARB, 7 POLITICS, PLACES AND PERSONALITIES, 8 EVERYDAY LIFE, 9 BOOKISH AND LETTERED, 10 A CENTURY REACHED, INDEXES
Stefan Reif
'A lively and accessible account of the discovery and study of the
Cairo Genizah, a major source of material for the history of
Oriental Jewish communities and Mediterranean society in general.
This book is highly recommended' - Judith Olszowy-Schlanger,
Journal of Jewish Studies
Reif's pioneering work is an excellent introduction to the Genizah
... in a lucid and concise style, and with the help of sixty
photographs and maps and an excellent internal organisation, the
book is a most interesting work which should be reccommended to a
wide range of readers.' - Journal of Semitic Studies Vol. 47: 2
'For his decades of service to this cause and for this book in
particular, Professor Reif deserves our admiration and thanks.' -
The Jewish Quarterly Review, XCIII, Nos. 3-4 (January-April,
2003)
'Not only does the book's compiler, Professor Reif, possess
impeccable scholarly credentials...but many of its non-specialist
readers - and this is a book which deserves to have many readers -
will certainly echo this reviewer's gratitude for the commitment
expressed in his introduced to the cause of communicating the
results of specialist academic research to a wider interested
public.' - Christopher Shackle, Bulletin of SOAS
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