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Kahle, Paul E
The Cairo Geniza
Publisher: Basil Blackwell, Oxford;
Date of Publication: 1959
Stock Code: 11168
SECOND EDITION. Octavo, pp. xiv, 370. 10 numbered monochrome plates to the rear of the book, of which two are double-page. Publishers’ navy blue cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped printed cream dust-jacket. Spine tip slightly rubbed. Contents clean and crisp, with contemporary ownership stamp to ffep. two small tape repairs to reverse of top edge of dust-jacket, with associated browning, and jacket spine lightly toned. A near fine copy in very good jacket. New edition of the Shweich Lectures originally published in 1947. Includes an introduction to the Geniza material, the work of the Tibetan Masorettes and early texts including ancient translations of the Bible. £75.00