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Jews, Christians, and Muslims in medieval and early modern times : a festschrift in honor of Mark R. Cohen / edited by Arnold E. Franklin [and three others] ; A. L. Udovitch, foreword.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Udovitch, A. L., author of introduction, etc.
Contributor:
Cohen, Mark R., 1943- honouree.
Franklin, Arnold E. (Arnold Efrem), 1971- editor.
Series:
Christians and Jews in Muslim societies ; Volume 2.
Christians and Jews in Muslim Societies, 2212-5523 ; Volume 2
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Religions--History.
Religions.
Abrahamic religions--History.
Abrahamic religions.
Religions--Relations.
Abrahamic religions--Relations.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (441 p.)
Place of Publication:
Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, 2014.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This volume brings together articles on the cultural, religious, social and commercial interactions among Jews, Christians and Muslims in the medieval and early modern periods. Written by leading scholars in Jewish studies, Islamic studies, medieval history and social and economic history, the contributions to this volume reflect the profound influence on these fields of the volume’s honoree, Professor Mark R. Cohen.
Contents:
Preliminary Material
Introduction / Arnold E. Franklin , Roxani Eleni Margariti , Marina Rustow and Uriel Simonsohn
How Mediterranean Was Goitein’s Mediterranean Society? / Norman A. Stillman
Aṣḥābunā l-tujjār—Our Associates, the Merchants: Non-Jewish Business Partners of the Cairo Geniza’s India Traders / Roxani Eleni Margariti
Pilgrimage and Charity in the Geniza Society / Miriam Frenkel
Poor Relief in Ottoman Jewish Communities / Yaron Ayalon
“What Sort of Sermon is This?”: Leadership, Resistance and Gender in a Communal Conflict / Oded Zinger
Why Did Medieval Northern French Jewry (Ṣarfat) Disappear? / Ivan G. Marcus
Are Gaonic Responsa a Reliable Source for the Study of Jewish Conversion to Islam? A Comparative Analysis of Legal Sources / Uriel Simonsohn
What’s in a Name? ʿAbdallāh born Isḥāq born al-Shanāʿa al-Muslimānī l-Isrāʾīlī and Conversion to Islam in Medieval Cordoba / David J. Wasserstein
Jews among the Grandees of Ottoman Egypt / Jane Hathaway
Remembrance and Oblivion of Religious Persecutions: On Sanctifying the Name of God (Qiddush ha-Shem) in Christian and Islamic Countries during the Middle Ages / Menahem Ben-Sasson
The Muḥammadan Stipulations: Dhimmī Versions of the Pact of ʿUmar / Phillip I. Ackerman-Lieberman
Jews in Sharīʿa Courts: A Family Dispute from the Cairo Geniza / Jessica M. Marglin
Perception of Piracy in Islamic Sharīʿa / Hassan S. Khalilieh
Jew and Serf in Medieval France Revisited / William Chester Jordan
Cleanliness and Convivencia: Jewish Bathing Culture in Medieval Spain / Olivia Remie Constable
Friendship and Hierarchy: Rhetorical Stances in Geniza Mercantile Letters / Jessica L. Goldberg
More than Words on a Page: Letters as Substitutes for an Absent Writer / Arnold E. Franklin
The Diplomatics of Leadership: Administrative Documents in Hebrew Script from the Geniza / Marina Rustow
Financial Troubles: A Mamluk Petition / Petra M. Sijpesteijn
“Az mi-lifnei vereishit”: The Suffering Messiah in the Seventh Century / Martha Himmelfarb
A Panegyric Qaṣīda by Yehuda ha-Levi, Its Antecedent by Shelomo Ibn Gabirol, and Its Afterlife / Raymond P. Scheindlin
Hebrew Vestiges in Saʿadya’s Tafsīr / Sasson Somekh
Epilogue / Natalie Zemon Davis
Index.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
90-04-26784-0
OCLC:
880827261
Publisher Number:
10.1163/9789004267848 DOI

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