Jewish Medical Practitioners in the Medieval Muslim World : : A Collective Biography / / Efraim Lev.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Lev, Efraim,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Non-Muslim Contributions to Islamic Civilisation : NMCIC
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (528 p.) :; 34 B/W illustrations 10 B/W tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Lists of Tables, Maps, Charts and Figures --; Notes on Names, Transcription, Abbreviations, Citations, Bibliography, Main Historical Periods and Muslim Rulers --; 1. Preface and Acknowledgements --; 2. Introduction --; 3. Prosopography of Jewish Medical Practitioners --; 4. Professional, Social, Geographical, Religious and Economic Aspects of Jewish Medical Practitioners --; 5. Epilogue --; Bibliography --; List of Geniza Fragments --; Index of People --; Index of Places --; General Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474484008; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110994544; 9783110994537; 9783110780406
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474484008
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Efraim Lev.

Explores the lives of over 600 Jewish physicians and pharmacists in medieval Muslim lands Offers a unique insight into the life of Jewish physicians and pharmacists, their families and communities in medieval Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran, North Africa, Sicily and AndalusiaShows how Jewish practitioners participated in community leadership, in hospitals and in the courts of the Muslim rulersAnalyses the biographical data to provide information on the relationships among Jews, Muslims and Christians, and between the common people and the eliteIncludes 6 maps, 29 family trees of key dynasties and 10 tables of main periods and dynasties, main Muslim rulers, practitioners serving in courts and hospitals, converts to Islam, Karaite and Samaritan practitionersThis book collects and analyses the available biographical data on Jewish medical practitioners in the Muslim world from the 9th to the 16th century. The biographies are based mainly on information gathered from the wealth of primary sources found in the Cairo Geniza (letters, commercial documents, court orders, lists of donors) and Muslim Arabic sources (biographical dictionaries, historical and geographical literature). The practitioners come from various socio-economic strata and lived in urban as well as rural locations in Muslim countries.Both the biographies and the accompanying discussion shed light on various views and aspects of the medicine practised in this period by Muslim, Jews and Christians, as well as issues such as professional, daily and personal lives; successes and failures; families; Jewish communities; and inter-religious affairs.