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During the first wave of Caliph al-Hakim’s intolerance towards the People of the Book, a Fustat-based scribe – Samuel ben Jacob – completed his labours on a high quality Bible

Later in the year, as pandemic restrictions ease, it is hoped that people will be able to drop in and view at their leisure.

The writer of the letter, Judah ben Aaron Ibn al-ʿAmmani, was a court clerk responsible for managing the lists of people eligible for the bread ration to the poor, and

For our author, it is clear that the book of Hosea portrays a religious struggle in which the people have forsaken the Lord and turned to the worship of Baal. ... covenant were announced to the people of Israel in Exodus 21, Deuteronomy 5 and 25.

When people think of Diaspora Jewish languages, they likely think of Yiddish.

Based on comparisons with watermarks already known from Europe, we can say that the people of Cairo had paper from Italy, France, Germany, and Spain, and possibly even farther destinations, during ... The T-S collections contain manuscripts from people

Medieval peoples’ desire to know about the future was no less intense than our own desire to learn about the past.

There are people he encounters who go to the synagogue daily and are out and about in the marketplace, but are they deep philosophical thinkers? ... I hope that adding illustrations to this section will help to draw in people who might otherwise only be

paper). What sorts of information can we deduce from these ‘common’ Bibles about the people who wrote them? ... indicates that everyday people may have been studying Targum.

Also, I wonder what the people back then referred to this period of time? ... L. Udovitch in "A Tale of Two Cities," describes the anxiety of people as the Nile waters failed to rise.

It’s an easy one to do, because — helpfully — several other people have already translated it: Goitein, Gershon Weiss, and Amir Ashur.

There are two intermingling interests in the work of the alchemist, and it’s also why alchemists tended not to reveal their secrets to people who were not accomplished philosophers as

I put this fragment up on social media after I started working on it, and people offered up all sorts of interesting parallels.

Therefore for your generosity to us, in the midst of the land of Egypt may your people be blessed for ages.

Agnes and Margaret had learned photography to produce copies of manuscripts in St Catherine’s Monastery – possibly the very first manuscript digitization project – but they also photographed scenery and people.

Petitions are addressed to people with power (whether political, administrative, communal or financial).

These manuscripts span the entire Genizah period and raise questions about medieval and pre-modern Jewish peoples’ engagement with the Qurʾan.

Obadiah. Same name, but two different people who converted to Judaism via different avenues. ... Many people, including initially me, made the mistake associating the Responsa of Maimonides (Rambam) with Obadiah , the Norman Proselyte.

Who are these abbreviated Bibles or Psalters for? Were all three abbreviation methods used by the same people?

The list of actions first describes the basic actions undertaken by all animals (eat, sleep), and then moves to actions, feelings and emotions that are more specific to people.