A century of academic scholarship on the documents of the Cairo Geniza has dramatically transformed the study of medieval Jewry. This contribution examines how the perspectives and methodologies used to analyze this material have shaped modern conceptions about its content and the societies that produced it. Taking as a basis of comparison the discovery of the papyri in Egypt, the development of their scholarship over the last century, and the importance of that material to the history of antiquity in general, I argue for a need to move beyond the Jewish/Islamicate historiographic perspective and into a global medieval historical perspective in the study of the Geniza evidence. In order to examine how the Geniza evidence—pertaining to social, economic, legal, and cultural history—corresponds with sources of other medieval societies such as Byzantium, Frankia, and Norman Sicily, a new methodology is called for, one that will lead to a new picture of medieval history.

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Geniza：遗产和前景

一个世纪以来关于开罗 Geniza 文件的学术研究极大地改变了对中世纪犹太人的研究。这篇文章探讨了用于分析这种材料的观点和方法如何塑造了关于其内容和产生它的社会的现代概念。以埃及纸莎草的发现、他们在上个世纪学术研究的发展以及该材料对整个古代史的重要性作为比较的基础，我认为有必要超越犹太/伊斯兰史学视角，并在 Geniza 证据的研究中融入全球中世纪历史视角。为了检查 Geniza 的证据——与社会、经济、法律、