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gptkbp:instanceOf
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genizah
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Cairo_Genizah
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gptkbp:city
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gptkb:Cairo
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:literature
gptkb:religion
legal documents
letters
Jewish manuscript fragments
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Egypt
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gptkbp:currentLocation
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gptkb:British_Library
gptkb:John_Rylands_Library
gptkb:Cambridge_University_Library
gptkb:Jewish_Theological_Seminary_of_America
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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gptkb:Solomon_Schechter
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gptkbp:discoveredIn
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1896
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gptkbp:fragmentNumber
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over 300,000
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Genizah of Cairo
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
gptkb:Ladino
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Ben_Ezra_Synagogue
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gptkbp:notableFor
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personal letters
letters of Maimonides
business records of the medieval Mediterranean
early copies of Jewish liturgy
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gptkbp:preservedIn
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storage in synagogue attic
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gptkbp:reasonForStorage
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Jewish law prohibits discarding sacred texts
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Judaism
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gptkbp:significance
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major source for medieval Jewish history
source for history of Middle Eastern Jewish communities
source for history of Mediterranean trade
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gptkbp:startDate
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9th to 19th centuries
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gptkbp:studiedBy
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gptkb:linguist
historians
scholars of Jewish studies
scholars of Islamic studies
scholars of Middle Eastern history
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gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
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yes
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Cairo_Geniza
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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