Sacred Treasure--the Cairo Genizah: The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic

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Jewish Lights Publishing, 2011 - 255 עמודים

Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code in an old Egyptian synagogue--the amazing story of one of the most important discoveries in modern religious scholarship.

In 1896, Rabbi Solomon Schechter of Cambridge University stepped into the attic of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt, and there found the largest treasure trove of medieval and early manuscripts ever discovered. He had entered the synagogue's genizah--its repository for damaged and destroyed Jewish texts--which held nearly 300,000 individual documents, many of which were over 1,000 years old.

Considered among the most important discoveries in modern religious history, its contents contained early copies of some of the Dead Sea Scrolls, early manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, and other sacred literature. The importance of the genizah's contents rivals that of the Rosetta Stone, and by virtue of its sheer mass alone, it will continue to command our attention indefinitely.

This is the first accessible, comprehensive account of this astounding discovery. It will delight you with its fascinating adventure story--why this enormous collection was amassed, how it was discovered and the many lessons to be found in its contents. And it will show you how Schechter's find, though still being "unpacked" today, forever transformed our knowledge of the Jewish past, Muslim history and much more.

 

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Treasures in the Synagogue Attic
1
The Genizah Moment
13
The Rabbi of Christs College
31
The Sisters Their Adventures and
42
May 13 1896
53
A Battlefield of Books
64
Unpacking the Boxes
92
The Genizah after
115
Shelomo Dov Goitein and
133
Sheet Music LongLost Talmud and a Lame
157
The Genizah Today
179
The Friedberg Genizah Project
201
Sacred Treasure
221
Acknowledgments
231
Photo Credits
247
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מידע על המחבר (2011)

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 PeopleClick here to contact the author.

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