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SUMMARY:Big and small history in the Genizah: how necessary is the Cairo G
 enizah to writing the history of the Medieval Mediterranean? - Dr Ben Outh
 waite\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Dr Charis Olszok
DESCRIPTION:As many will know (particularly after my talk)\, the modern di
 scovery of the vast trove of medieval manuscripts in the Cairo Genizah was
  an 'epoch-making event' in Jewish Studies. The degree to which it has not
  just filled in gaps in our knowledge of the history of the Jews of the Is
 lamic world\, but opened up whole new areas of investigation\, is remarkab
 le. The great historian of this world\, S. D. Goitein\, maintained that th
 e Genizah spoke more widely\, however\, of a Mediterranean Society that cr
 ossed confessional boundaries\, and blurred distinctions between Jews\, Mu
 slims and Christians\, as they all embarked on a shared quest for economic
  and social stability\, and that the manuscripts gave an insight even into
  'the soul of medieval man'. Thirty years after his death\, can we agree w
 ith Goitein's claims for universal relevance of the Genizah? How has recen
 t scholarship employed Genizah material?  Should we all be reading the man
 uscripts of the Cairo Genizah?
LOCATION:FAMES\, Room 8/9
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