Jewish Prayer Texts from the Cairo Genizah - A Selection of Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, Introduced, Transcribed, Translated, and Annotated, with Images. Cambridge Genizah Studies Series, Volume 7

In Jewish Prayer Texts from the Cairo Genizah, Stefan Reif offers scholars and non-specialists a detailed study of twenty-five Genizah fragments that are of singular importance for understanding not only Jewish liturgical history but also medieval Jewish theology, Hebrew linguistic developments and scribal techniques.

About the author

Stefan C. Reif is Emeritus Professor of Medieval Hebrew Studies and Fellow of St John's College in the University of Cambridge. He was the Founding Director of the Genizah Research Unit at Cambridge University Library (1973-2006) and is the author of many publications.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan C Reif, Stefan C. Reif
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.03.2016
• EAN: 9789004313316
• ISBN: 978-90-04-31331-6
• No. of pages: 340
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 244 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 610 g
• Series: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéva
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism