The Jews in medieval Egypt / edited by Miriam Frenkel.
"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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Brookline, MA :
Academic Studies Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Lands and ages of the Jewish people.
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| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781644695128 164469512X 9781618117489 1618117483 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 11, 2021) |