Afghan Geniza
The Afghan Geniza is a collection of thousands of Jewish manuscript fragments found in caves in Afghanistan.[1] Genizah is Hebrew for storeroom.
The manuscripts include writings in Hebrew, Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic and Judeo-Persian, which are written in Hebrew letters.[2] Some of them are 1,000 years old; they were found in caves that had been used as hideouts by Taliban.[3]
In 2013, the National Library of Israel announced that it had purchased 29 pages from this cache of documents.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Mario Ledwith, Collection of ancient Hebrew manuscripts discovered in Afghanistan provide evidence Jewish people lived in country 1,000 years ago, The Daily Mail, 3 January 2013
- ^ Afghan Genizah Manuscripts Revealing Jewish Presence Unveiled At Israeli Library
- ^ "Ancient manuscripts indicate Jewish community once thrived in Afghanistan". CBS. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ Israel's National Library buys 1,000-year-old Jewish documents from Afghanistan, Haaretz