Author: Hugh Fraser Stewart
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Category : Academic librarians
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Author: Hugh Fraser Stewart
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Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Author: Adina Hoffman
Publisher: Schocken
ISBN: 080521223X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST WINNER OF THE 2012 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’S SOPHIE BRODY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN JEWISH LITERATURE Sacred Trash tells the remarkable story of the Cairo Geniza—a synagogue repository for worn-out texts that turned out to contain the most vital cache of Jewish manuscripts ever discovered. This tale of buried communal treasure weaves together unforgettable portraits of Solomon Schechter and the other modern heroes responsible for the collection’s rescue with explorations of the medieval documents themselves—letters and poems, wills and marriage contracts, Bibles, money orders, fiery dissenting religious tracts, fashion-conscious trousseaux lists, prescriptions, petitions, and mysterious magical charms. Presenting a pan­oramic view of almost a thousand years of vibrant Mediterranean Judaism, Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole bring contemporary readers into the heart of this little-known trove, whose contents have rightly been dubbed “the Living Sea Scrolls.” Part biography, part meditation on the supreme value the Jewish people has long placed in the written word, Sacred Trash is above all a gripping tale of adventure and redemption. (With black-and-white illustrations throughout.)

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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 632

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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Author: Ellastone, Eng. (Parish)
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Category : Baptismal records
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Author: Staffordshire Parish Registers Society
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Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Author: Boston Public Library
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 928

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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 640

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Author: Library Association
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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Proceedings of the 22d-33d annual conference of the Library Association in v. 1-12; proceedings of the 34th-44th, 47th-57th annual conference issued as a supplement to v. 13-23, new ser. v. 3-ser. 4, v. 1.