The Significance of the Genizah's Medical Documents for the Study of Medieval Mediterranean Trade
Authors: Amar, Zohar1; Lev, Efraim2
Source: Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Volume 50, Number 4, 2007 , pp. 524-541(18)
Publisher: BRILL
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Abstract:
The medical texts in the Genizah have been analyzed mainly as part of other subjects, like the various professional classes within the Jewish community in Old Cairo. Until now few have studied these documents in their own right, despite the fact that they offer valuable insights into the medieval economy of the Eastern Mediterranean and beyond. Focussing on saffron and myrobalan, this article offers a tentative investigation of the significance of medical drugs for the study of Mediterranean trade in the Middle Ages on the basis of practical medical fragments found mainly at the Taylor-Schechter collection in Cambridge.Keywords: GENIZAH; TRADE; MIDDLE AGES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; MEDICAL DRUGS; SAFFRON; MYROBALAN
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1163/156852007783245124
Affiliations: 1: Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archeology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel;, Email: amartz@bezeqint.net 2: Department of Eretz Israel Studies and School of Public Health University of Haifa, Haifa University;, Email: elev@univ.haifa.ac.il
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