“The Compassionate and Benevolent”: Jewish Ruling Elites in the Medieval Islamicate World : : Alexandria as a Case Study / / Miriam Frenkel.

This is a monograph about the medieval Jewish community of the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. Through deep analyses of contemporary historical sources, mostly documents from the Cairo Geniza, life stories, conducts and practices of private people are revealed. When put together these private...

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]
Ben Zvi Institut, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2020
2021
Language:English
Series:Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East , 39
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XXVII, 333 p.)
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Introduction --   |t Acknowledgements --   |t Part I Contexts --   |t Chapter 1 The Context of Time --   |t Chapter 2 The Context of Space --   |t Part II The Community Leaders: Biographies --   |t Introduction --   |t Chapter 1 The Ben Yeshūʿā Family --   |t Chapter 2 Shelah b. Mubashshir Ben Nahum --   |t Chapter 3 Abraham b. Jacob al-Darʿī --   |t Chapter 4 Āraḥ b. Nathan the Seventh (Musāfir b. Wahb) --   |t Chapter 5 Aaron b. Yeshūʿā the Physician Ibn al-ʿAmmānī --   |t Chapter 6 Abū Naṣr b. Abraham --   |t Chapter 7 Meir b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq --   |t Chapter 8: Eleazar ha-Kohen b. Judah, Saʿd al-Mulk --   |t Chapter 9 R. Ephraim --   |t Chapter 10 R. Pinḥas --   |t Chapter 11 Anatoly b. R. Joseph --   |t Chapter 12 R. Samuel b. Jacob --   |t Chapter 13 Isaac the Judge b. Ḥalfon --   |t Chapter 14 Judah the Teacher b. Aaron the Physician Ibn Al-ʿAmmānī --   |t Part III Towards a Characterization of the Jewish Leadership in Alexandria --   |t Chapter 1 Sources of Power --   |t Chapter 2 Methods of Governance: Tools and Strategies --   |t Chapter 3 The Normative Understanding of Governance --   |t Part IV A Ruling Elite --   |t Introduction --   |t Chapter 1 Common Interests --   |t Chapter 2 Systems of Training and Sorting --   |t Chapter 3 A Common Culture --   |t Chapter 4 Organizational Apparatus and Means of Communication --   |t Chapter 5 Conclusions --   |t Bibliography --   |t Glossary of Terms --   |t Index 
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