The amazing adventure story of one of the most important discoveries in modern religious scholarship. This astounding cache of nearly 300,000 early and medieval manuscripts has forever transformed our knowledge of Jewish and Muslim history and much more.
The amazing adventure story of one of the most important discoveries in modern religious scholarship. This astounding cache of nearly 300,000 early and medieval manuscripts has forever transformed our knowledge of Jewish and Muslim history and much more.
Rabbi Mark Glickman, a popular speaker on Judaism and modern life, is rabbi of Congregations Kol Ami in Woodinville, Washington, and Kol Shalom on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He is author of Sacred Treasure-The Cairo Genizah: The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic. He also writes a regular religion column for the Seattle Times and has been featured in other books and journals. Rabbi Mark Glickman is available to speak on the following topics: * Sacred Treasure: The Cairo Genizah * The Largest Jewish Library in the World: How the Nazis Preserved Some of European Jewry's Greatest Literary Treasures * Watching Our Words: Jewish Insights on Gossip and Sacred Speech * Snipers, Searchers and Sages: A Rabbi's Experience in Non-Jewish America * Movers, Shakers and a Few Real Nuts: How a Handful of Mentally-Ill Individuals Transformed the History of the Jewish People Click here to contact the author.
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Prologue xi Introduction: Treasures in the Synagogue Attic 1 1. The Genizah Moment 13 2. Solomon Schechter: The Rabbi of Christ's College 31 3. "The Giblews": The Sisters, Their Adventures, and the Documents That Opened the Genizah 42 4. May 13, 1896 53 5. A Battlefield of Books 64 6. Unpacking the Boxes 92 7. More Treasures Come to Light: The Genizah after Schechter, 1902-50 115 8. Professor Genizah: Shelomo Dov Goitein and the Mediterranean Society He Uncovered 133 9. Sheet Music, Long-Lost Talmud, and a Lame and Decrepit Female Hyena: The Second Half-Century of Genizah Research 157 10. The Genizah Today 179 11. The Friedberg Genizah Project 201 Conclusion: Sacred Treasure 221 Acknowledgments 231 Notes 235 Photo Credits 247 Index 249
Prologue xi Introduction: Treasures in the Synagogue Attic 1 1. The Genizah Moment 13 2. Solomon Schechter: The Rabbi of Christ's College 31 3. "The Giblews": The Sisters, Their Adventures, and the Documents That Opened the Genizah 42 4. May 13, 1896 53 5. A Battlefield of Books 64 6. Unpacking the Boxes 92 7. More Treasures Come to Light: The Genizah after Schechter, 1902-50 115 8. Professor Genizah: Shelomo Dov Goitein and the Mediterranean Society He Uncovered 133 9. Sheet Music, Long-Lost Talmud, and a Lame and Decrepit Female Hyena: The Second Half-Century of Genizah Research 157 10. The Genizah Today 179 11. The Friedberg Genizah Project 201 Conclusion: Sacred Treasure 221 Acknowledgments 231 Notes 235 Photo Credits 247 Index 249
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