The Jews in Medieval Egypt (The Lands and Ages of the Jewish People)

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Jewish life in medieval Egypt, hitherto an obscure and understudied theme, is revealed in this volume in all its complexity and richness. This book offers the most recent scholarship on the communal, judicial, economic, lingual, familial, and spiritual aspects of Jewish life medieval Islamic Egypt. Contents Introduction Between the Hellenistic World and the Cairo Genizah: The Jewish Community in Late Antique Egypt A Concise History of Islamic Egypt The Community’s Borders; Converts and Renegades Communal Self-Government: The Genizah Period1 Introduction to the Legal Arena1 Jewish Economic Life in Medieval Egypt: Images, Theories, and Research Jewish Family Life in Medieval Egypt1 Situating Egyptian Pietism Languages and Language Varieties Used by Medieval Egyptian Jews Hebrew Poetry in Medieval Egypt The Jews in Medieval Egypt under the Mamluks (1250–1517) Bibliography Index