The Jews in medieval Egypt / / edited by Miriam Frenkel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910794438603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2021
• ISBN: 1-61811-748-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: The lands and ages of the Jewish people
• Disciplina: 962.00492400902
• Soggetti: Jews - Egypt - History - To 1500; Egypt Civilization Jewish influences; Egypt History 1250-1517
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Between the Hellenistic World and the Cairo Genizah: The Jewish Community in Late Antique Egypt -- 2 A Concise History of Islamic Egypt -- 3 The Community’s Borders; Converts and Renegades -- 4 Communal Self-Government: The Genizah Period -- 5 Introduction to the Legal Arena -- 6 Jewish Economic Life in Medieval Egypt: Images, Theories, and Research -- 7 Jewish Family Life in Medieval Egypt -- 8 Situating Egyptian Pietism -- 9 Languages and Language Varieties Used by Medieval Egyptian Jews -- 10 Hebrew Poetry in Medieval Egypt -- 11 The Jews in Medieval Egypt under the Mamluks (1250–1517) -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.