Rebecca J.W. Jefferson. Каирская Гениза и эпоха открытий в Египте

Recorded on March 31, 2022 Rebecca Jefferson presents The Cairo Genizah and the Age of Discovery in Egypt (2022) Register here: Rebecca Jefferson tells the complex, convoluted, and compelling story of how over a quarter of a million manuscript fragments hidden in Egypt were discovered and distributed around the world, before becoming collectively known as “The Cairo Genizah.” Rebecca J. W. Jefferson is the Curator of the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica at the University of Florida, and a joint faculty member of the Center for Jewish Studies. Her PhD in medieval Hebrew is from the University of Cambridge where she also worked on the Genizah Research Unit’s Bibliography project. Jefferson’s ongoing personal research involves an in-depth investigation into the discovery of the world-wide Cairo Genizah collections. Her book on the subject, The Cairo Genizah and the Age of Discovery in Egypt is published by I. B. Tauris (Bloomsbury) this year. Bloomsbury is pleased to offer 20% off The Cairo Genizah and the Age of Discovery in Egypt with codes GLR A6AUS (US) or GLR A6AUK (UK and rest of the world). Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Center