The Jews in medieval Egypt / edited by Miriam Frenkel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frenkel, Miriam, editor.

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Series:

Lands and ages of the Jewish people

The lands and ages of the Jewish people

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Egypt--History--To 1500.

Jews.

Civilization--Jewish influences.

Civilization.

History.

Egypt--Civilization--Jewish influences.

Egypt.

Egypt--History--1250-1517.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Jews lived in Egypt over many centuries, from biblical times until the middle of the previous century. Nevertheless, Jewish life in medieval Islamic Egypt was for many years an obscure and understudied theme. The present book offers the reader a wide-ranging picture of Jewish life in medieval Egypt as depicted by most recent scholarship. Starting from the last phases of the Byzantine era and ending with the Mamluk period, the book presents a scholarly yet vivid description of Jewish communal organization, judiciary, economic frameworks, family life, and lingual practices, as well as religious and literary activities of the medieval Jews of Egypt"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Between the Hellenistic World and the Cairo Genizah: The Jewish Community in Late Antique Egypt / Tal Ilan

A Concise History of Islamic Egypt / Yehoshua Frenkel

The Community's Borders; Converts and Renegades / Moshe Yagur

Communal Self-Government: The Genizah Period / Mark R. Cohen

Introduction to the Legal Arena / Oded Zinger

Jewish Economic Life in Medieval Egypt: Images, Theories, and Research / Jessica Goldberg

Jewish Family Life in Medieval Egypt / Miriam Frenkel

Situating Egyptian Pietism / Elisha Russ-Fishbane

Languages and Language Varieties Used by Medieval Egyptian Jews / Esther-Miriam Wagner

Hebrew Poetry in Medieval Egypt / Joseph Yahalom

The Last Phase-The Jews in Medieval Egypt under the Mamluks (1250-1517) / Amir Mazor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: The Jews in medieval Egypt

ISBN:

9781618117465

1618117467

9781618117472

1618117475

OCLC:

1192303746

Publisher Number:

99987454683