Contents

Contributors

Preface

Stefan C. Reif: An Appreciation

Professor Stefan C. Reif: List of Publications

Legal Writing in Medieval Cairo: "Copy" or "Likeness" in Jewish Documentary Formulae

The Paper and Textile Industry in the Land of Israel and its Raw Materials in Light of an Analysis of the Cairo Genizah Documents

Is “The Cairo Genizah” a Proper Name or a Generic Noun? On the Relationship Between the Genizot of the Ben Ezra and the Dar Simha Synagogues

Towards a Catalogue of the Magical, Astrological, Divinatory, and Alchemical Fragments from the Cambridge Genizah Collections

The Law of Power of Attorney in Maimonides' Code of Jewish Law

The Role of Egyptian Jews in Sixteenth-Century International Trade with Europe: A Chapter in Social-Economic Integration in the Middle East

The Contribution of Genizah Texts to the Study of Siddur Rabbi Solomon Ben Nathan

Genizah Documents as Literary Products

Judah Ha-Levi on Writing the Kuzari: Responding to a Heretic

The Cairo Genizah Unearthed: The Excavations Conducted by the Count D'Hulst on Behalf of the Bodleian Library and their Significance for Genizah History

Vocalised Judaeo-Arabic Manuscripts in the Cairo Genizah

Early Karaite Grammatical Thought as Reflected in a Commentary on Hosea

An Early Palimpsest Scroll of the Book of Kings from the Cairo Genizah

Compositional Technique in Qillirian Piyyutim for Rain and Dew

The Genizah and Jewish Communal History

Persian-Arabic Bilingualism in the Cairo Genizah Documents

Orders of Payment, Orders of Supply, Instructions for Payment, and Statements of Credit in the Genizah and Other Collections at Cambridge University

The Weakening of the Bourgeoisie: Social Changes Mirrored in the Language of the Genizah Letters

Eretz–Israel Mahzorim in the Genizah: From Palaeography to Liturgy

"Consigned to the Genizah—But for Only a Third of a Century"

Index of Subjects

Index of Sources

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