This essay deals mainly with the future of research on the history of Arabic medicine and pharmacology based on the documents of the Cairo Geniza. It starts with a very brief review of the research of the history of medicine (which was using the Cairo Geniza documents as a main source) until 2003. Later, it presents the work that I and my research group have done during the last fifteen years. Finally, it presents two work-in-progress projects: “Jewish Medical Practitioners in Medieval Muslim Lands” and “Reconstructing the Medical ‘Book Shelf’ of Jewish Practitioners in 11th–14th Century Cairo.” The outcome of the first project will be published soon, and the second one is still at the stage of searching for major funding and building the research group. This second research project aims to study and analyze the hundreds of fragments of medical texts found in the Cairo Geniza. The main source for this research will be about 1,360 Geniza fragments that have been identified as parts of medical books in the Taylor-Schechter collection and several dozen more scattered about in various Geniza collections around the world. Lists of books are another source of unique information about the existence of medical books in the community. Several dozens of such lists of books that were owned by practitioners or other members of the community and sometimes sold after an owner’s death include information on medical books.

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Geniza 研究和医学史的遗产和前景：重建中世纪（犹太）从业者的医学书架

本文主要讨论基于开罗杰尼萨文献的阿拉伯医学和药理学历史研究的未来。它首先简要回顾了 2003 年之前的医学史研究（以开罗 Geniza 文献为主要来源）。随后，它介绍了我和我的研究小组在过去十五年中所做的工作. 最后，它介绍了两个正在进行的项目：“中世纪穆斯林土地上的犹太医疗从业者”和“重建 11 至 14 世纪开罗犹太从业者的医疗‘书架’”。第一个项目的成果即将发布，第二个项目仍处于寻找主要资金和建立研究小组的阶段。第二个研究项目旨在研究和分析在开罗 Geniza 中发现的数百个医学文本片段。这项研究的主要来源将是大约 1,360 个 Geniza 碎片，这些碎片已被确定为 Taylor-Schechter 收藏中医学书籍的一部分，还有几十个散布在世界各地的 Geniza 收藏中。书籍列表是有关社区中存在的医学书籍的独特信息的另一个来源。从业者或社区其他成员拥有的数十种此类书籍清单，有时在所有者去世后出售，其中包括有关医学书籍的信息。360 Geniza 碎片已被确定为 Taylor-Schechter 收藏中医学书籍的一部分，还有几十个散布在世界各地的 Geniza 收藏中。书籍列表是有关社区中存在的医学书籍的独特信息的另一个来源。从业者或社区其他成员拥有的数十种此类书籍清单，有时在所有者去世后出售，其中包括有关医学书籍的信息。360 Geniza 碎片已被确定为 Taylor-Schechter 收藏中医学书籍的一部分，还有几十个散布在世界各地的 Geniza 收藏中。书籍列表是有关社区中存在的医学书籍的独特信息的另一个来源。从业者或社区其他成员拥有的数十种此类书籍清单，有时在所有者去世后出售，其中包括有关医学书籍的信息。