Title:
Sacred trash : the lost and found world of the Cairo Geniza / Adina Hoffman & Peter Cole.
Author:
Hoffman, Adina.
Cole, Peter.
Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915.
Publication Information:
New York : Nextbook : Schocken, c2011.
Call Number:
BM180 .H64 2011
Abstract:
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.
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1112/2010016751-b.htmlPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1112/2010016751-d.html
Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1112/2010016751-s.html
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780805242584
Series:
Jewish encounters
Jewish encounters.
Physical Description:
283 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
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.
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