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Sacred trash : the lost and found world of the Cairo Geniza / Adina Hoffman & Peter Cole.

By: Hoffman, Adina
Contributor(s): Cole, Peter | Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915
Series: Jewish encountersPublisher: New York : Nextbook : Schocken, c2011.Description: 283 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780805242584; 0805242589Subject(s): Judaism -- History -- Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 -- Sources | Jews -- History -- 70-1789 -- Sources | Cairo GenizahDDC classification: 296.09182/20902
Contents:
Hidden wisdom -- Serpents and secrets -- All Sirach now -- Into Egypt -- Sorting -- Palimpsests -- That nothing be lost -- A gallery of heretics -- Pieces of the Spanish puzzle -- A Mediterranean society.
Summary: Traces the efforts of two women scholars who recovered what has become the most vital cache of Hebrew manuscripts ever discovered, in an account that explains what the findings reveal about Mediterranean Judaism.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Egypt and Sudan Shelves HW.HOF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 54063000240625
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliography (p. [247]-[284]).

Hidden wisdom -- Serpents and secrets -- All Sirach now -- Into Egypt -- Sorting -- Palimpsests -- That nothing be lost -- A gallery of heretics -- Pieces of the Spanish puzzle -- A Mediterranean society.

Traces the efforts of two women scholars who recovered what has become the most vital cache of Hebrew manuscripts ever discovered, in an account that explains what the findings reveal about Mediterranean Judaism.

AESSO14, AES2014