With Dr. Rebecca Jefferson discussing the discovery, origins, and history of the Cairo Genizah and her new book about the topic

#134.

** Sponsored by ARO resources**

With Dr. Rebecca Jefferson (curator of the Issa & Ray Price
library of Judaica at the University of Library)  discussing
the discovery, origins, and history of the Cairo Genizah and her
new book about this

We discussed her new book, what a "Genizah" is general
speaking,what "fragments" are, what the Cairo Genizah is, history
of Genizot (in middle east) in general, Ben Ezra Synagogue, and
the many characters involved in the story (Jacob Saphir, Abraham
Firkovich, Moses Shapira, Abraham Harkavy, Elkan Nathan Adler,
Greville John Chester, Count d'Hulst, Agnes Smith Lewis &
Margaret Dunlop Gibson, Solomon Schechter, Adolf Neubauer, and
many more)


To purchase "The Cairo Genizzah and the Age of Discovery in
Egypt": https://amzn.to/3OFZYcS


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