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Cairo geniza

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Cairo geniza , archive of ancient Jewish manuscripts found in the synagogue of Fostat-Cairo, Egypt (built 882). In the 1890s western scholars visited the synagogue and removed the materials to the Bodleian Library at the Univ. of Oxford, the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, and other major repositories. The materials are an extremely important resource for the study of biblical writings and translations, ancient Jewish liturgies, communal records, and the relations between Jews and Arabs in medieval Islamic society.

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geniza

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geniza A place in a synagogue for storing damaged, outdated, or heretical documents. Valuable MSS were discovered in a geniza at Cairo in 1896 which included part of the Hebrew text of Ecclesiasticus and fragments of a Zadokite work, later associated with the Qumran community, and called the Damascus Document, or Fragments.

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geniza

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

geniza. The room attached to a synagogue used to house MS books unfit for use in worship, e.g. worn-out copies of Scripture, and heretical works.

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