For the first time since the Princeton Geniza Project began in 1986, we have published our metadata collated from over 30,000 Geniza documents and the People, Places, and histories of the Middle East and premodern Jewish communities found therein! zenodo.org/records/1583...

Given the expanded capabilities of the new PGP site (v4), we're finally retiring PGPv3. We chose April 3, 2025 as its final date, S. D. Goitein's 125th birthday. Many thanks to Ben Johnston of @mcgrawect for building the site & running it. You can find the archived content here:

A gorgeous prayerbook (maḥzor) for the high holidays copied in Mallorca(!) in 1332 CE, recently spotted by PGP researcher Tani Robinson. geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...

"He disdains me because I have little pomposity" (وقد حقرني لحال انني قليل البهرجة) - a humble teacher writing about his rich, apparently pompous uncle (Avraham Ibn Yiju) Document record: geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents... Published edition: princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-indi...

"When I parted from you, I intended to sail to the island of Cyprus, but a strong storm diverted the boat to Tarsus. I was very much afraid that the king would take hold of me and detain me. . . ." Letter from Alexandria to Cairo, ~1212 CE geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...

A very sweet letter reminiscing on a visit to the house of Maimonides, who is depicted here enjoying lemon drops and playing with a cute toddler. "I kissed his noble hand, and he received us with a most cordial welcome. He said to me, 'Come and sit...'" geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...

Not to be missed! A landmark new book in Arabic documentary legal studies by Mathieu Tillier and Naïm Vanthieghem. Includes many previously unidentified Cairo Geniza fragments. Pictured: geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...

A Judaeo-Arabic text about Alexander the Great, with the text of a letter from the Persian king Darius ("king of kings and master of the nations of the world"), commands Alexander to submit to him: geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...