With Prof. Eve Krakowski discussing the Cairo Geniza

Live show. #27.
With Prof. Eve Krakowski (Assistant Professor of Near Eastern
Studies and the Program in Judaic Studies at Princeton
University) discussing the Cairo Geniza. Its History, how it was
discovered, its uses today, the Friedberg project, the
differences between the literary fragments and documents, her
book, and much more.

To purchase her book "Coming of Age in Medieval Egypt: Female
Adolescence, Jewish Law, and Ordinary
Culture": https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691174983/coming-of-age-in-medieval-egypt


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