Karaite marriage documents from the Cairo Geniza : : legal tradition and community life in mediaeval Egypt and Palestine / / by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger.

• Superior document: Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ; 20
• VerfasserIn: Olszowy-Schlanger, Judith,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, New York : : Brill,, [1998]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ; 20.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This book is the first comprehensive study of legal, historical and economic aspects of marriage as practised during the Middle Ages, in Egypt and Palestine, by members of distinct Jewish movement known as Karaism. This study is based on original mediaeval manuscripts written in Hebrew, and recovered from the famous Cairo Geniza. Sixty-five manuscripts, most of them previously unpublished, are edited and translated in the second part of the book. The detailed and accessible analysis of their contents, language, formulation and palaeography sheds a new light on Karaite legal and linguistic tradition, and provides a unique source for our understanding of early Karaism, and of Mediaeval Jewish History in general.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Preface / Geoffrey Khan -- Acknowledgements / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- List of Plates / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Introduction / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter One On Karaite 'Scripturalism' and the Ketubba / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Two Karaite Marriage Documents in the Cairo Geniza / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Three Historical Background / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Four Codicology and Palaeography / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Five The Language of Karaite Marriage Documents / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Six The Karaite Marriage: Formulae and Customs / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Seven Formulation / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Eight Introductory Formulae / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Nine The Karaite Nesīim / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Ten The Setting: The Date and Place of the Marriage / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Eleven The Groom's Declaration / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Twelve Marriage Payments / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Thirteen The Bride's Obligations and Her Agent / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Fourteen The Dowry / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Fifteen The Groom's Responsibility for the Dowry and Special Provisions / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Sixteen Religious Obligations / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Chapter Seventeen Concluding Formulae / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- General Conclusions / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Texts: N° 1 to 57 / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Abbreviations / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Bibliography / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Index of Manuscripts / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Index of Names in Karaite Marriage Documents / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Biblical Quotations in Karaite Marriage Documents / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Name and Subject Index / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Études sur le Judaïsme Médiéval / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger.