Language, gender and law in the Judaeo-Islamic milieu / edited by Zvi Stampfer, Amir Ashur.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stampfer, Y. Zvi, editor.

Ashur, Amir, 1966- editor.

Series:

Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 82.

Cambridge Genizah studies series ; v. 10.

Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval, 0169-815X ; tome LXXXII

Cambridge Genizah studies ; volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish women--Islamic Empire--History--To 1500.

Jewish women.

Cairo Genizah.

Judaism--Relations--Islam--To 1500.

Judaism.

Islam--Relations--Judaism--To 1500.

Islam.

Civilization.

Relations.

History.

Islamic Empire--Civilization.

Islamic Empire.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 196 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

"The articles in this volume focus on the legal, linguistic, historical and literary roles of Jewish women in the Islamic world of the Middle Ages. Drawing heavily on manuscript evidence from the Cairo Genizah, the authors examine the challenges involved in the identification and interpretation of women's letters from medieval Egypt, the registers of women's written language, the relations between Jewish women and the Muslim legal system, the conversion of women, visions of women in Hell and gendered readings in the aggadic tradition of Judaism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Genizah sociolinguistics : the language of women / Esther-Miriam Wagner

The challenge of reading women's letters from the Cairo Genizah / Renée Levine Melammed

Jewish women in Muslim legal venues : seven legal documents from the Cairo Genizah / Oded Zinger

Captives, converts, and concubines : gendered aspects of conversion to judaism in the Medieval Near East / Moshe Yagur

No (Jewish) women in Hell / Tali Artman-Partock

Portrayals of biblical figures in lost Aggadic traditions from the Cairo Genizah : feminist considerations / Moshe Lavee.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Language, gender and law in the Judaeo-Islamic milieu

ISBN:

9789004422162

9004422161

OCLC:

1137183883