The Jews in Medieval Egypt

Herausgeber: Frenkel, Miriam

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jewish life in medieval Egypt, hitherto an obscure and understudied theme, is revealed in this volume in all its complexity and richness. This book offers the most recent scholarship on the communal, judicial, economic, lingual, familial, and spiritual aspects of Jewish life medieval Islamic Egypt.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9781618117472
• ISBN-10: 1618117475
• Artikelnr.: 60105538

Autorenporträt

Miriam Frenkel is Professor of Medieval Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the Menahem Ben-Sasson Chair in Judaism & Islam Through the Ages and head of the School of History.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction
Miriam Frenkel
1. Between the Hellenistic World and the Cairo Genizah: The Jewish
Community in Late Antique Egypt
Tal Ilan
2. A Concise History of Islamic Egypt
Yehoshua Frenkel
3. The Community's Borders; Converts and Renegades
Moshe Yagur
4. Communal Self-Government: The Genizah Period
Mark R. Cohen
5. Introduction to the Legal Arena
Oded Zinger
6. Jewish Economic Life in Medieval Egypt: Images, Theories, and Research
Jessica Goldberg
7. Jewish Family Life in Medieval Egypt
Miriam Frenkel
8. Situating Egyptian Pietism
Elisha Russ-Fishbane
9. Languages and Language Varieties Used by Medieval Egyptian Jews
Esther-Miriam Wagner
10. Hebrew Poetry in Medieval Egypt
Joseph Yahalom
11. The Last Phase-The Jews in Medieval Egypt under the Mamluks (1250-1517)
Amir Mazor
Bibliography