{"product_id":"the-jews-in-medieval-egypt-9781618117465","title":"The Jews in Medieval Egypt","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJews 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction, \u003cem\u003eMiriam Frenkel \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Between the Hellenistic World and the Cairo Genizah: The Jewish Community in Late Antique Egypt, \u003cem\u003eTal Ilan \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. A Concise History of Islamic Egypt, \u003cem\u003eYehoshua Frenkel \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Community's Borders; Converts and Renegades, \u003cem\u003eMoshe Yagur\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Communal Self-Government: The Genizah Period, \u003cem\u003eMark R. Cohen\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Introduction to the Legal Arena, \u003cem\u003eOded Zinger \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Jewish Economic Life in Medieval Egypt: Images, Theories, and Research, \u003cem\u003eJessica Goldberg\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Jewish Family Life in Medieval Egypt, \u003cem\u003eMiriam Frenkel\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Situating Egyptian Pietism, \u003cem\u003eElisha Russ-Fishbane\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Languages and Language Varieties Used by Medieval Egyptian Jews, \u003cem\u003eEsther-Miriam Wagner\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Hebrew Poetry in Medieval Egypt, \u003cem\u003eJoseph Yahalom \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. The Last Phase—The Jews in Medieval Egypt under the Mamluks (1250–1517), \u003cem\u003eAmir Mazor\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359754813783,"sku":"9781618117465","price":84.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781618117465.jpg?v=1754125615","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-jews-in-medieval-egypt-9781618117465","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}