The Cairo Genizah and the Age of Discovery...

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The Cairo Genizah is considered one of the world¿s greatest Hebrew manuscript treasures. Yet the story of how over a quarter of a million fragments hidden in Egypt were discovered and distributed around the world, before becoming collectively known as ¿The Cairo Genizah,¿ is far more convoluted and compelling than previously told. The full story involves an international cast of scholars, librarians, archaeologists, excavators, collectors, dealers and agents, operating from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, and all acting with varying motivations and intentions in a race for the spoils.Basing her research on a wealth of archival materials, Jefferson reconstructs how these protagonists used their various networks to create key alliances, or to blaze lone trails, each one on a quest to recover ancient manuscripts. Following in their footsteps, she takes the reader on a journey down into ancient caves and tombs, under medieval rubbish mounds, into hidden attic rooms, vaults, basements and wells, along labyrinthine souks, and behind the doors of private clubs and cloistered colleges. Along the way, the reader will also learn about the importance of establishing manuscript provenance and authenticity, and the impact to our understanding of the past when either factor is in doubt.

Über den Autor

Rebecca J. W. Jefferson

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Chapter 1: Hiding places for Hebrew manuscripts
Chapter 2: Seeking out the hiding places (1860s)
Chapter 3: Discovering the manuscript treasures of Egypt (1870s)
Chapter 4: Increasing demand for Hebrew manuscripts (early 1880s)
Chapter 5: Collectors and dealers on the rise (late 1880s)
Chapter 6: A hidden room laid open (1889-1890)
Chapter 7: Secret dispatches from Cairo (1890-1892)
Chapter 8: Lost provenance (1892-1893)
Chapter 9: From the genizah of an Egyptian synagogue (1894)
Chapter 10: A subterranean hoard (1895-1896)
Chapter 11: The keys to Cairo (1896-1897)
Chapter 12: In the footsteps of Jewish pilgrims (1897)
Chapter 13: No leaf left unturned (1897-1898)
Chapter 14: Finding every last fragment (1898-1899)
Chapter 15: An inexhaustible supply (1900s)
Epilogue
Appendix: Genizah collections

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	288
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781788319645
ISBN-10:	1788319648
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Jefferson, Rebecca J. W.
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	228 x 158 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Rebecca J. W. Jefferson
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.02.2022
Gewicht:	0,458 kg

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