| Editors |
Malka Jagendorf, Lillian Cohen. |
| Curator |
Daisy Raccah Djivre. |
| Collection |
Cambridge University Library |
| Imprint |
Jerusalem, Israel, 1997. Booklet, 15 pp., illustrations: 10 col., 2 b&w, 24 × 16.5 cm. Hebrew. |
| ISBN |
9652782033 (Hebrew edition); 9652782041 (English edition) |
| Location |
Israel Museum (5 June–28 October 1997) |
| Description |
The largest loan to date of material from the Cairo Genizah (from Cambridge University Library), exhibited in celebration of the 100th anniversary of its discovery. Exhibits divided into 9 categories, demonstrating the types of documents and information recovered from them: the discovery, famous personages, home and family, commerce and livelihood, the Karaites, Jews among Muslims, Eretz-Israel, distant communities and the Cairo bookshelf. Two brief texts on the Genizah, its discovery and its scholarship. Basic listing. 56 items. |
| main keywords |
CAIRO GENIZAHISTORICAL DOCUMENTSKARAITES |
| minor keywords |
CairoEretz IsraelMaimonidesMusic |