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The Journey of the Holy Man Abou Naddara Zarqa from Cairo the Victorious to Paris the Glorious
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A Conversation between Abou Khalil and Abou Naddara Zarqa at Café Riche, Boulevard des Italiens, on the Night of the 14th of July 1878, Paris[ . . . ] Abou Khalil:Good Lord, I’ve missed your banter…

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James Sanua

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1878

Subjects:

Scholarship, Travel, Mizrahi, Community, Arabic

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Literature, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
Words of Ahiqar
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Words of Ahiqar, Elephantine, 5th century BCE. This Aramaic manuscript contains the oldest-known version of Ahiqar, a wisdom book that includes proverbs similar to those found in the biblical book of…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

Fifth Century BCE

Subjects:

Scholarship, Wisdom, Politics, Ethics, Wisdom

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Wisdom Literature, Literature
Fragmentary papyrus page of Aramaic writing.
Song at the Sea (Exodus 15), Leningrad Codex
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Song at the Sea (Exodus 15), Leningrad Codex, 1009 CE. The photo shows the first fourteen verses of the poem (Exodus 15:1–14) and a few prose verses from the end of the preceding chapter. The text of…

Places:

Cairo, Egypt

Date:

1009

Subjects:

Poetry, Scribes, Scholarship, Writing, Passover

Categories:

Poetry, Print & Book Culture, Literature, Visual & Material Culture
Manuscript page of Hebrew text arranged in verses.