The Jews in Medieval Egypt /

The Jews in Medieval Egypt / / ed. by Miriam Frenkel.

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Jews lived in Egypt over many centuries, from biblical times until the middle of the previous century. Nevertheless, Jewish life in medieval Islamic Egypt was for many years an obscure and understudied theme. The present book offers the reader a wide-ranging picture of Jewish life in medieval Egypt...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
MitwirkendeR:
Cohen, Mark R.,
Frenkel, Miriam,
Frenkel, Yehoshua,
Goldberg, Jessica,
Ilan, Tal,
Mazor, Amir,
Russ-Fishbane, Elisha,
Wagner, Esther-Miriam,
Yagur, Moshe,
Yahalom, Joseph,
Zinger, Oded,
HerausgeberIn:
Frenkel, Miriam,
Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:The Lands and Ages of the Jewish People
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Between the Hellenistic World and the Cairo Genizah: The Jewish Community in Late Antique Egypt
  • 2 A Concise History of Islamic Egypt
  • 3 The Community’s Borders; Converts and Renegades
  • 4 Communal Self-Government: The Genizah Period
  • 5 Introduction to the Legal Arena
  • 6 Jewish Economic Life in Medieval Egypt: Images, Theories, and Research
  • 7 Jewish Family Life in Medieval Egypt
  • 8 Situating Egyptian Pietism
  • 9 Languages and Language Varieties Used by Medieval Egyptian Jews
  • 10 Hebrew Poetry in Medieval Egypt
  • 11 The Jews in Medieval Egypt under the Mamluks (1250–1517)
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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