Cairo Geniza fragments

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The Cairo Geniza fragments are a vast collection of medieval Jewish manuscript scraps discovered in a Cairo synagogue, offering unparalleled insight into the religious, social, and economic life of Jewish communities across the Mediterranean and Middle East.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish manuscripts ⓘ
archival collection ⓘ
historical documents ⓘ
manuscript fragments ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ben Ezra Geniza collection ⓘ
Cairo Genizah ⓘ
associatedWith Ben Ezra Synagogue Geniza ⓘ
linked to: Ben Ezra Synagogue

Solomon Schechter ⓘ
contains Talmudic texts ⓘ
biblical manuscripts ⓘ
business letters ⓘ
commercial contracts ⓘ
community records ⓘ
divorce documents ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
liturgical poetry ⓘ
marriage contracts ⓘ
medical texts ⓘ
personal letters ⓘ
philosophical texts ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
prayer books ⓘ
rabbinic responsa ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
scientific texts ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
discoveredIn 19th century ⓘ
earliestDate circa 9th century ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfItems over 300000 fragments ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
Ladino ⓘ
latestDate 19th century ⓘ
locatedIn Ben Ezra Synagogue ⓘ
Fustat ⓘ
Old Cairo ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Cairo
partlyHeldBy Bodleian Libraries ⓘ
linked to: Bodleian Library

Cambridge University Library ⓘ
Jewish Theological Seminary of America ⓘ
National Library of Israel ⓘ
University of Manchester ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
significance source for economic history of the medieval Middle East ⓘ
source for history of Jewish law and liturgy ⓘ
source for history of Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
source for history of the Hebrew language ⓘ
source for social history of Mediterranean Jewry ⓘ
timePeriod medieval period ⓘ
writingSystem Hebrew script ⓘ

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Tafsir of the Torah → preservedIn → Cairo Geniza fragments ⓘ
Geonic responsa → preservedIn → Cairo Geniza fragments ⓘ
Cairo Geniza fragments → alsoKnownAs → Cairo Genizah ⓘ
linked to: Cairo Geniza fragments
Cairo Geniza fragments → alsoKnownAs → Ben Ezra Geniza collection ⓘ
linked to: Cairo Geniza fragments
Aquila of Sinope’s Greek translation → hasFragmentaryEvidenceFrom → Cairo Genizah ⓘ
linked to: Cairo Geniza fragments
Ben Ezra Synagogue → famousFor → Cairo Geniza ⓘ
linked to: Cairo Geniza fragments
Documents of Jewish Sectaries → subject → Cairo Geniza ⓘ
linked to: Cairo Geniza fragments
Documents of Jewish Sectaries → sourceMaterial → Cairo Geniza manuscripts ⓘ
linked to: Cairo Geniza fragments
Documents of Jewish Sectaries → associatedWith → Cairo Geniza ⓘ
linked to: Cairo Geniza fragments
Middle Arabic → hasSourceType → Geniza documents ⓘ
linked to: Cairo Geniza fragments