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use, will help to overcome these old problems and to speed up developments towards the more efficient use of Genizah material. ... The input of such identifications into the general store of information will be of assistance to all scholars.

He will be missed not only in the world of oriental scholarship, but also in the wider community, where he never failed to take on responsibilities and to represent high standards ... though I gather that a paperback edition will be appearing in the

is one of the more dramatic events in the history of Semitic scholarship. ... The information gathered and collated over the past seven years will ultimately provide an invaluable source of reference for Genizah scholarship, particularly by facilitating

Colleagues in the world of Semitic scholarship will recall a remarkable reservoir of knowledge from which he - and, indeed, they - could draw with ease. ... The wider public will call to mind his sweet smile and constant cheerfulness.

With the vast majority of these references now corrected, future scholarship will certainly have its way considerably eased. ... Growing awareness. Genizah material now stands at the centre of all mediaeval Jewish scholarship.

Perhaps the latest financial crisis will persuade them to give some attention to the various possibilities for self-help. ... More Hebrew text of Ben Sira will thus be available to the world of scholarship in the near future and the Cambridge Genizah