Friday, June 03, 2011

Another review of "Sacred Trash"

ANOTHER REVIEW OF SACRED TRASH:
The Cairo Geniza’s sacred Hebrew texts

By Elaine Margolin (JewsihJournal.com)

Husband and wife team Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole, authors of “Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza” (Schocken/Nextbook: $26.95), share far more than a marriage—they enjoy a similar sensibility, one that is delightfully romantic and utopian, but also serious and intellectual and intuitive. It feels as if they both carry a heavy burden upon their shoulders, a wounded empathy of sorts for all those who suffer needlessly. Reading their work sometimes feels like entering a paradise where deeper truths about our common humanity are slowly revealed while the drumbeat of tribal loyalties grows dimmer.

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This one has some interesting information about the two authors.

Earlier reviews and related works are noted here and follow the links back.