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The Lost Archive : Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue.

The lost archive of the Fatimid caliphate (909-1171) survived in an unexpected place: the storage room, or geniza, of a synagogue in Cairo, recycled as scrap paper and deposited there by medieval Jews. Marina Rustow tells the story of this extraordinary find, inviting us to reconsider the longstandi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rustow, Marina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020.
Series:Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World Ser.
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Online Access:Texto completo