03637oam 2200853 450 991079443860332120230630000250.01-61811-748-310.1515/9781618117489(CKB)4100000011767116(MiAaPQ)EBC6478662(DE-B1597)571173(OCoLC)1243311394(DE-B1597)9781618117489(EXLCZ)99410000001176711620210701d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Jews in medieval Egypt /edited by Miriam FrenkelBoston :Academic Studies Press,2021.1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages) illustrationsThe lands and ages of the Jewish people1-61811-746-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexJews 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.Lands and ages of the Jewish people.JewsEgyptHistoryTo 1500EgyptCivilizationJewish influencesEgyptHistory1250-1517Ayyubids.Cairo Geniza.Dhimma.Egypt.Fatimids.Hebrew poetry.Islam.Jewish-Muslim relations.Judaism.Judeo-Arabic literature.Mamluks.Medieval.Middle Ages.Moses Maimonides.ancient.antiquity.antisemitism.culture.customs.economy.family life.geography.history.language.law.marriage.minorities.mishnah.politics.religious practice.self-government.JewsHistory962.00492400902Frenkel MiriamMiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910794438603321The Jews in medieval Egypt3869367UNINA