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Genizah Fragments | Cambridge University Library
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments1. with mention of the husband and wife and the ʿedim (witnesses) they provide a window into the society, bringing real people to the fore. -
Q&A Wednesday: a Genizah Street View with Moshe Yagur | Cambridge …
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-genizah-street-view-moshe-yagurDo you think the average resident of Fustat would have had a very good understanding of how people from other religious communities lived? ... Living in those circumstances, people might have found it difficult to keep their personal lives and -
A year of Genizah Fragments | Cambridge University Library
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/year-genizah-fragmentsAlmost 22,000 page views later, let’s take a look at what people enjoyed reading. -
Throwback Thursday: A surprise in Syriac script | Cambridge…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/throwback-thursday-surprise-syriac-scriptSubmitted by Barry :andy on 27 August 2021 - 5:53pm. You mention "credit is due" and mention two people by name. ... If you are giving credit surely it is usual to refer to people by their name and not their title? -
An Excommunication on Yom Kippur | Cambridge University Library
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/excommunication-yom-kippurHe (the cantor) said: ‘Go and gather some people, and let them surprise you with him so that your assertation might be confirmed’. -
Q&A Wednesday: Witches vs Theologians with Zvi Stampfer |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-witches-vs-theologians-zvi-stampferSamuel ben Hofni, in contrast, says that she was a charlatan who knew how to trick people and tell them what they want to hear. ... People in trouble will seek the unnatural and will believe in what gives them comfort. -
Q&A Wednesday: Deconstructing Genizah mythology, with Rebecca…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-deconstructing-genizah-mythology-rebecca-jeffersonIs there an aspect of the story that you think few people realise? ... I hope that people will find it to be a good read, nevertheless. -
Q&A Wednesday: The Bible under microscope, with Nehemia Gordon |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-bible-under-microscope-nehemia-gordonThis came as a surprise – two people had practised or added vowels to it. ... I’m sitting writing a scroll and I have to go and gather ten people? -
15th July: Jerusalem falls to the armies of the First Crusade |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/15th-july-jerusalem-falls-armies-first-crusadehe could only ransom some of the people and had to leave the others. ... However, the grace of the Lord, may His Name be exalted, and his ever-ready mercy, has been bestowed upon these wretched people. -
Q&A Wednesday: José Martínez Delgado and the letters of…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-jose-martinez-delgado-and-letters-al-andalusIt’s not a book about history – it’s history itself. And we hope people will hear. ... It’s important for several reasons. Firstly, it’s something that happened here, so people here should know about it. -
Q&A Wednesday: Tales of Cambridge collectors, with Catherine…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-tales-cambridge-collectors-catherine-ansorgeHow did you come to be interested in these figures? The archives of some prominent Cambridge Egyptologists are deposited in the Library – people likeF.W. ... Thomas Cook’s package holidays had launched in the 1870s and significant numbers of people -
Q&A Wednesday: Chronicling Karaites with Nadia Vidro | Cambridge…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-chronicling-karaites-nadia-vidroWere the 1020s so interesting, that people wanted to read about these years so long afterward? ... As long as the correct principles of calendation were upheld (observing the crescent moon and the ripening of barley) they did not mind if different people -
Call the (medieval) Cheesemonger | Cambridge University Library
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/call-medieval-cheesemongerMoses can be trusted with their cheese needs. We find a number of people in the Genizah who make cheese. -
Radio: Introducing the Genizah on Radio Maria | Cambridge University…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/radio-introducing-genizah-radio-mariaRadio Maria England is a non-profit organization run by a mixture of professionals and volunteers, lay people, clergy and religious. -
Q&A Wednesday: Slavery, sex, and status, with Craig Perry |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-slavery-sex-and-status-craig-perryPeople are selling among their associates and networks. They might prefer to buy a slave from a trusted seller. ... Is there anything you would like people to think of when they think about medieval slavery? -
One letter at a time: reconstructing Saadya's Refutation of Ibn…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/one-letter-time-reconstructing-saadyas-refutation-ibn-saqawayhand אלקום “the people” became easier to read and the numeral 7 in אלג֗זו אלז֗ “the seventh part” became legible for the first time. ... Rather than making a linguistic comment, Saadya discussed the time when torches were lit to -
Q&A Wednesday: Ottoman Karaites and conflict, with Dotan Arad |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-ottoman-karaites-and-conflict-dotan-aradAre there certain things to keep in mind, for example, that there might be identifiable descendants of the people in the letters you’re reading? ... For example, many people in documents from Damascus and Cairo carry the name Fayruz, which is known to -
Q&A Wednesday: Algorithms and elbows, with Noam Sienna |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-algorithms-and-elbows-noam-siennaCan you outline the process, or your part in it? There are a lot of people involved with this program. ... There’s a lot of elbow jostling around the story of the ‘discovery’ isn’t there – so many people get sidelined. -
Q&A Wednesday: A late date with Nick Posegay | Cambridge…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-late-date-nick-posegayThere are people like Agnes Lewis, Margaret Gibson, and Greville Chester who we know purchased manuscripts from local dealers. -
Q&A Wednesday: Julia Krivoruchko on the mannerisms of Greek…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-julia-krivoruchko-mannerisms-greek-glossesUnfortunately, many people treat Greek inclusions in Hebrew precisely as you have said – they open the dictionary and whatever they find they believe to be the answer – which is often very ... There’s a psychological issue here – people become so -
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. -
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 -
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. -
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. -
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 -
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 -
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. -
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. -
"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: 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). -
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: 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: 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: 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. -
‘We have seen the mountains shaking’: Fatimid humanitarian relief and …
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/we-have-seen-mountains-shaking-fatimid-humanitarian-relief-and-earthquakeNahum 1:6). (T-S 18J3.9 recto lines 9–11). What could this letter-writer do but speak to the people to declare a fast, call an assembly, and go ... And the great miracle (והנס הגדול) was that all the days that the people were cast out into the -
Q&A Wednesday: Christian Arabic Canticles, with Nick Posegay |…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-christian-arabic-canticles-nick-posegayParchment was an expensive commodity in the Middle Ages, so many people sold old manuscripts once they no longer needed them, and new users recycled them for new writing or as -
Q&A Wednesday: Toledot Yeshu – insult or entertainment? With…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-toledot-yeshu-insult-or-entertainment-miriam-goldsteinThen, when I was on maternity leave in 2015 a conference took place in Switzerland and people started literally calling me from the conference to ask me questions about the ... Some reading material for if one has spare time, perhaps? I’m not sure how -
Q&A Wednesday: the definitive Hebrew Codicology, with Malachi…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-definitive-hebrew-codicology-malachi-beit-ariestandpoint concerning the investigation of every facet of the codex; for it was, moreover, necessary for practical reasons as well, given the special circumstances of Jewish people during the Middle Ages, -
Q&A Wednesday: The Best Crown in Town? Finding the Aleppo Codex…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-best-crown-town-finding-aleppo-codex-fustat-neriah-kleinPeople could sit with it to compare an entire book or scroll. -
Q&A Wednesday: Talmudic therapy with a Mesopotamian pedigree? The …
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-talmudic-therapy-mesopotamian-pedigree-gittin-book-remediesSoon after the Talmud was redacted, the therapies in it became passé and few people apparently did them anymore. -
Geṭ groundwork from the Cairo Genizah: practising writing a Jewish…
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/get-groundwork-cairo-genizah-practising-writing-jewish-divorce-document1. with mention of the husband and wife and the ʿedim (witnesses) they provide a window into the society, bringing real people to the fore. ... some movements, mothers’ – names) and, given that most people do not use their Hebrew names, it is also
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