"From a Sacred Source" Genizah Studies in Honour of Professor Stefan C. Reif.
Leiden: Brill, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xliii, (1), 419, (1)pp. Indices. Green buckram lettered in white with red band near top of spine. Bound in at rear are 11 black & white plates of manuscript leaves from the Cairo Genizah and 2 photos of the conference attendees.
In August 2007, leading scholars from the world of Genizah Studies assembled in Cambridge for a conference marking the retirement of Stefan Reif, Professor of Medieval Hebrew at the University of Cambridge and founder of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit. This collection of papers demonstrates the breadth and vitality of Genizah Studies today, much of which is due to Reif’s efforts over his thirty-three years as director of the Unit. (Publisher)
Contents: Stefan C. Reif : An Appreciation / Ben Outhwaite -- Professor Stefan C. Reif : List of Publications -- Legal Writing in Medieval Cairo : "Copy" or "Likeness" in Jewish Documentary Formulae / Phillip I. Ackerman-Lieberman -- The Paper and Textile Industry in the Land of Israel and Its Raw Materials in Light of an Analysis of the Cairo Genizah Documents / Zohar Amar, Azriel Gorski, Izhar Neumann -- "The Cairo Genizah" a Proper Name or a Generic Noun? : On the Relationship Between the Genizot of the Ben Ezra and the Dar Simha Synagogues / Haggai Ben-Shammai -- Towards a Catalogue of the Magical, Astrological, Divinatory, and Alchemical Fragments from the Cambridge Genizah Collections / Gideon Bohak -- The Law of Power of Attorney in Maimonides' Code of Jewish Law / Mark R. Cohen -- The Role of Egyptian Jews in Sixteenth-Century International Trade with Europe : A Chapter in Social-Economic Integration in the Middle East / Abraham David -- The Contribution of Genizah Texts to the Study of Siddur Rabbi Solomon ben Nathan / Uri Ehrlich -- Genizah Documents as Literary Products / Miriam Frenkel -- Judah ha-Levi on Writing the Kuzari : Responding to a Heretic / Mordechai A. Friedman
The Cairo Genizah Unearthed : The Excavations Conducted by the Count d'Hulst on Behalf of the Bodleian Library and Their Significance for Genizah History / Rebecca J.W. Jefferson -- Vocalised Judaeo-Arabic Manuscripts in the Cairo Genizah / Geoffrey Khan -- Early Karaite Grammatical Thought as Reflected in a Commentary on Hosea / Friedrich Niessen -- An Early Palimpsest Scroll of the Book of Kings from the Cairo Genizah / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Compositional Technique in Qillirian Piyyutim for Rain and Dew / Michael Rand -- The Genizah and Jewish Communal History / Marina Rustow -- Persian-Arabic Bilingualism in the Cairo Genizah Documents / Shaul Shaked -- Orders of Payment, Orders of Supply, Instructions for Payment, and Statements of Credit in the Genizah and Other Collections at Cambridge University / Avihai Shivtiel -- The Weakening of the Bourgeoisie : Social Changes Mirrored in the Language of the Genizah Letters / Esther-Miriam Wagner -- Eretz-Israel Maḥzorim in the Genizah : From Palaeography to Liturgy / Joseph Yahalom -- "Consigned to the Genizah -- But for Only a Third of a Century" / Stefan C. Reif. (OCLC)
Volume 42 in the Brill series "Etudes sur la Judaisme Medieval." and also Volume 1 of the, "Cambridge Genizah Studies Series." (EJM). Fine. Item #52289
ISBN: 9789004190580
Price: $195.00