This is the best thing you’ll read all day:).
“[T]he same Geniza letters reveal an astonishing degree of interdenominational cooperation, matched by almost complete absence of animosity against other communities.“
Niall Winters
May's Document of the Month explores a surprising phenomenon among the Cairo Geniza documents: Muslim blessings for the prophet Muḥammad in mercantile letters sent by C12th Jewish traders.
Read Alan Elbaum's piece now on our project website: bit.ly/DotMMay26
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