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Throwback Thursday: The Scribe who wrote the Bible | Cambridge…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/throwback-thursday-scribe-who-wrote-bibleDuring 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 -
Art history from below: the imagery of the Cairo Genizah | Cambridge…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/art-history-below-imagery-cairo-genizahLater in the year, as pandemic restrictions ease, it is hoped that people will be able to drop in and view at their leisure. -
Refugee Week 2021: French refugees flee to Egypt | Cambridge…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/refugee-week-2021-french-refugees-flee-egyptThe 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 -
Book: An Anonymous Karaite Commentary on Hosea from the Cairo…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/book-anonymous-karaite-commentary-hosea-cairo-genizah-friedrich-niessenFor 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. -
Q&A Wednesday: Pulp Fiction or Pulp Fact? Genizah paper, with…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-pulp-fiction-or-pulp-fact-genizah-paper-nick-posegayBased 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 -
A Millennium of Jewish Women’s Voices | Cambridge University Library
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/millennium-jewish-womens-voicesWhen people think of Diaspora Jewish languages, they likely think of Yiddish. -
Throwback Thursday: What does the future hold? | Cambridge University …
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/throwback-thursday-what-does-future-holdMedieval peoples’ desire to know about the future was no less intense than our own desire to learn about the past. -
Q&A Wednesday: A novel approach to Maimonides’ Guide, with Phil…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-novel-approach-maimonides-guide-phil-liebermanThere 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 -
Q&A Wednesday: Estara Arrant and the informal Bibles of Fustat |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-estara-arrant-and-informal-bibles-fustatpaper). 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. -
Q&A Wednesday: Flax, tax and trade hacks, with Lorenzo Bondioli | …
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-flax-tax-and-trade-hacks-lorenzo-bondioliAlso, 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. -
Q&A Wednesday: Betrothals, Fines and Melonie Schmierer-Lee |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-betrothals-fines-and-melonie-schmierer-leeIt’s an easy one to do, because — helpfully — several other people have already translated it: Goitein, Gershon Weiss, and Amir Ashur. -
Q&A Wednesday: A scholarly alchemist, with Gabriele Ferrario |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-scholarly-alchemist-gabriele-ferrarioThere 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 -
"We offer you our thanks": Cambridge's letter to…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/we-offer-you-our-thanks-cambridges-letter-egypts-jewish-communityTherefore for your generosity to us, in the midst of the land of Egypt may your people be blessed for ages. -
Q&A Wednesday: Secret codes and erotic prose, with Alan Elbaum |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-secret-codes-and-erotic-prose-alan-elbaumI put this fragment up on social media after I started working on it, and people offered up all sorts of interesting parallels. -
Augusta de Wit and the Genizah hoard | Cambridge University Library
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/augusta-de-wit-and-genizah-hoard-0Agnes 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. -
Article: A Survey of Personal-Use Qurʾan Manuscripts Based on…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/article-survey-personal-use-quran-manuscripts-based-fragments-cairo-genizahThese manuscripts span the entire Genizah period and raise questions about medieval and pre-modern Jewish peoples’ engagement with the Qurʾan. -
Q&A Wednesday: The value of small things, with Oded Zinger |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-value-small-things-oded-zingerPetitions are addressed to people with power (whether political, administrative, communal or financial). -
Q&A Wednesday: Decoding Shorthand Bibles, with Kim Phillips |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-decoding-shorthand-bibles-kim-phillipsWho are these abbreviated Bibles or Psalters for? Were all three abbreviation methods used by the same people? -
Q&A Wednesday: From monk to Jew in 1102 – Obadiah the proselyte,…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-monk-jew-1102-obadiah-proselyte-gary-rendsburgObadiah. 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. -
Q&A Wednesday: Maimonides, hiding in plain sight, with José…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-maimonides-hiding-plain-sight-jose-martinez-delgadoThe 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.
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