
Sacred Treasure - The Cairo Genizah
The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic
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Rabbi Mark Glickman
Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code in an old Egyptian synagogue - the amazing story of one of the most important discoveries in modern religious scholarship.
In 1897, Rabbi Solomon Schechter of Cambridge University stepped into the attic of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt, and there found the largest treasure trove of medieval and early manuscripts ever discovered. He had entered the synagogue's genizah - its repository for damaged and destroyed Jewish texts - which held nearly 300,000 individual documents, many of which were over 1,000 years old.
Considered among the most important discoveries in modern religious history, its contents contained early copies of some of the Dead Sea Scrolls, early manuscripts of the Bible, and other sacred literature. The importance of the Genizah's contents rivals that of the Rosetta Stone, and by virtue of its sheer mass alone, it will continue to command our attention indefinitely.
Sacred Treasure - The Cairo Genizah is the first accessible, comprehensive account of this astounding treasure trove of documents and their discovery. It will delight listeners with its fascinating adventure story of why this enormous collection was amassed, how it was discovered, and the many lessons to be found in its contents. And it will inform listeners of how Schechter's find, though still being "unpacked" today, has forever transformed our knowledge of the Jewish past, Muslim history, and much more.
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Great backstory and summation of a fascinating, but complex, Academic topic!
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What did you like best about Sacred Treasure - The Cairo Genizah? What did you like least?
Best:The beginning of the book and the narration were interesting. I am not Jewish, my wife is Jewish. I purchased the book for educational value.
Least:
Hard to keep my attention. I will go back and forth listening to the book. Still not completed it will take a while.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Have not finishedWhat did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
Average to above average. Presented like a class and that is why I purchased the book.Did Sacred Treasure - The Cairo Genizah inspire you to do anything?
No. I thought that there would be something to reflect on or an Ah Ah moment. Didn't happen.Any additional comments?
Glad it was on audio. I doubt if I would have made it that far in a written book. No regrets on purchasing it.History Lesson
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Would you listen to Sacred Treasure - The Cairo Genizah again? Why?
yes! the story is amazing. repeat will let me understand the story better.Who was your favorite character and why?
Soloman Schector, his personality and extraordinary work he did in Cairo Genizah research.Have you listened to any of Mark Glickman’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, he did a wonderful job.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
the author and his son visiting Cambridge library and entering the manuscript room. I felt my heart beating hard and fast.amazing story
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Amazing book, timely subject
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At long last, a book that brings the story of the discovery of this genizah and its treasure to the general listener/ reader! As far as I know this is the only popular academical book on this subject.
Rabbi Glickman does an excellent job of pulling the reader into the story. He gives an overview from its time of discovery in the 1890's (or... perhaps a few centuries earlier) to the current state of the genizah scholarship. This makes this books indispensable for both Jews, Christians and Muslims (not only Jews and Muslims, as the rabbi sometimes seem to imply.)
When it comes to the reading of the text, Rabbi Glickman's warm voice definitely more than suffices in bringing the intrigues around this discovery to life. However, it seems that he sometimes want to stop at a few awkward places in his sentences. I couldn't decide if he was trying to read to quick and them ran out of breath or if he had overcome a speech impediment. Yet it doesn't take away his warm-hearted invitation to the Cairo Genizah.
In summary, this book about the discovery and implication of the Cairo Genizah is long overdue. Rabbi Mark Glickman masterly immerse you in almost the next best discovery to the Dead Sea Scrolls.
More than dusting of a few old documents
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I will certainly re-listen to it as I know that I will get more from the story next time.
fascinating story
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Great Book!! Great Story!!
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I highly recommend this to anyone fascinated by the finds of antiquity. In a sense it is like finding a new cave at Qumran. However, the book only hints at the totality of what was found in the "attic" in Cairo. For scholars who read Hebrew and Arabic, entering the libraries (or, since the collections are being digitized, opening their browsers) which house these finds must be like entering a candy store.
The genizah was "discovered" by western scholars in the 1890s. The documents housed in the attic were thought to be in the thousands and turned out to be in the 100s of thousands, and dated back to the middle ages. Stop reading this quasi-review and read the book. It is well worth the time.
As Constantijn Huygens wrote to René Descartes " it takes the same amount of time to read the work of fools and it does to read what matters" (paraphrase).
Buried Treasure in the Attic
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Not what I thought it would be, but worth it
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Intriguing!
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