Talk by Rebecca J. W. Jefferson: Rescue or Ransack? Unraveling the Complexities of the Cairo Geniza Chain of Custody, 28 February 2024
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24 février 2024
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Andreas Lehnertz, « Talk by Rebecca J. W. Jefferson: Rescue or Ransack? Unraveling the Complexities of the Cairo Geniza Chain of Custody, 28 February 2024 », medievalJewishStudiesNow!, ID : 10.58079/vwh8
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How did the transfer of Cairo Geniza fragments from Egypt to Western institutions impact our understanding of the Jewish practice of geniza, of storing away unused documents? What does the Cairo Geniza discovery story reveal about Eastern and Western attitudes toward Jewish heritage materials? And how did the subsequent treatment of geniza fragments by libraries and museums obfuscate their chain of custody and perpetuate myths about this storied repository? Read more and register