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Because the The Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection at Cambridge University Library is the world's largest and most important single collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts. For a thousand years, the Jewish community of Fustat (Old Cairo), placed their worn-out books and other writings in a storeroom (genizah) of the Ben Ezra Synagogue, and in The Cairo Geniza by Kahle, Paul, Publication dateOld Testament, Cairo Genizah Publisher New York, PraegerPDF access not available for this item The Cairo GenizahHistorical Background Egypt, like Babylonia, formed a part of the Jewish Diaspora well before the rise of Islam. [2] These manuscripts span the entire period of Middle-Eastern, North African, and Andalusian A medieval fragment of the lost Hebrew original of the Book of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) Images courtesy of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit and the Syndics of Cambridge University Library. The discovery and relocation of genizah material is a multi-layered and complex story. This article re-examines, to the extent possible given the current The Cairo Geniza, alternatively spelled Genizah, is a collection of some, Jewish manuscript fragments and Fatimid administrative documents that were kept in the For the study magic, the Genizah offers an unusual opportunity to see how genres of magical texts, such as magical handbooks and amulets active use, interact. According to the early sources of Ibn Abd al-Hakam, there were about, Jews in Alexandria alone in, though Stillman believes this to be a great overestimation and suggests the much lower figure of 4, The Cairo Geniza, alternatively spelled Genizah, is a collection of some, [1] Jewish manuscript fragments and Fatimid administrative documents that were kept in the genizah or storeroom of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat or Old Cairo, Egypt. Master of St John’s College, Cambridge, mathematician and Hebraist: Dr. Charles Taylor () “A Egypt, like Babylonia, formed a part of the Jewish Diaspora well before the rise of Islam This article re-examines, to the extent possible given the current available evidence, the discovery and distribution of Cairo genizah manuscripts in the late nineteenth century Cairo Genizah. ChapterThe Cairo GenizahHistorical Background.