Religious and spiritual life of the Jews of Medina / / by Haggai Mazuz.
In The Religious and Spiritual Life of the Jews of Medina Haggai Mazuz offers an account of the halakhic character of the Jewish community of Medina in the seventh century CE. Making use of a unique methodology of comparison between Islamic and Jewish sources, Mazuz convincingly argues that the Jews...
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Superior document: | Brill Reference Library of Judaism, Volume 38 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014. ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Brill reference library of Judaism ;
Volume 38. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1. Religious and Social Leadership
- 2. Law and Custom
- 3. Religious Beliefs
- 4. External Characteristics
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Possible Reasons for Presenting Early Islam as an Anti-Rabbinic Movement
- Appendix 2: Reference to the People of Wādī al-Qurā in Ginzberg’s Geonic Responsa
- Appendix 3: Reference to the People of Wādī al-Qurā in Harkavy’s Geonica Responsa
- Appendix 4: Benjamin of Tudela on the Jewish Presence in Northern Arabia
- Bibliography
- Citation Index
- Subject Index.