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