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117 Yavetz's history (vols. 9-14), thus stealing time away from his own work on geonic publications. See Lewin's preface to Toledot Yisra'el, vol. 10 (TelAviv, 1932), and especially note 1. 116 Marx's letter (dated 19/11/09) is found in the Malter Archives of the libraryof the Centerfor AdvancedJudaicStudies, Universityof Pennsylvania (= CAJS). N. This aborted edition is alluded to in the introductionto OHG, vol. 5, and was apparentlysent to Malterfor his comments. The text was never published as such, and parts of it were incorporatedinto OHG.

Hurvitz, Geonic Responsafrom Manuscripts in Russia (New York, 1995 [Hebrew]);S. Emanuel,Newly Discovered Geonic Responsa (Jerusalemand Cleveland, 1995 [Hebrew]). 106 See the appreciationin Le-Zikhroshel Prof. Ya'akovNahum Epshtain (Jerusalem,1952). A bibliographyof his writingspreparedby Sh. N. EpsteinJubilee Volume(Jerusalem,1950), 7-16 [Hebrew]. N. Both volumes, the first in a Hebrewtranslation,are now reprinted as, Perush ha-Ge'onimle-Seder Toharot'imMavo ve-He'arot(Jerusalem-TelAviv, 1982).

Abramsonwas Epstein's disciple; see above, n. 106. Abramsonalso assisted Assaf. See the prefaceto Assaf s 1942 volume of geonic responsa. His contributionsto the field are enormous and merit a complete and thorough treatment in themselves. See now the bibliographyof his writingsin Le-Zikhroshel Shraga Abramson(Jerusalem,1997), 26-66. 128 128 As part of the celebrationof the centennial of the "discovery"of the Genizah, together with the accounting of the bounty the Genizah has bestowed upon us, we must note the frustrationsthat still make Genizah research difficult and thus, the domain of relatively few scholars.

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