Genizah Studies in Memory of Doctor Solomon Schechter II - Geonic and Early Karaitic Halakah (Texts and Studies of the Jewish Theological Semianary of America Volume VIII)
New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy. 8vo. xvii, 549pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. A collection of geonic and early Karaite texts from the famous Cairo synagogue genizah explored by the great early 20th century Judaic studies scholar Solomon Schechter. Includes responsa from R. Amram Gaon, R. Hai Gaon and R. Sherira Gaon. There are also fragments from a Karaite prayer book. The Cairo genizah texts form the essential foundation for the modern scholarly understanding of Jewish life in the Near East from the 10th-13th centuries. Text in Hebrew and Aramaic with an English introduction. Library sticker on spine and stamp on leaf edges and endpapers. Book plate on rear endpaper. Corners bumped. Overall in good+ condition. g. Item #33392
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