>From another list - Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Terren Ilana Wein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 2, 2003 10:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lbc] Geniza
There is some really interesting stuff about genizas in a book called "In an Antique Land" by Amitav Ghosh. The author is trying to track down an Indian slave/servant of the 12th century, and follows his travels by documents left by the slave's Jewish owner in a geniza. The parts about how various cultures intersected, what servitude meant at that point in time, and how scholarship is affected by cultural practices (such as the geniza) are great. Here's the link at Amazon.com (sorry): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679727833/qid=1065105590/sr=2-2/ref= sr_2_2/102-6402262-0798535 ========================================================================== HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
