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.
ISBN: | 9781618117472 |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Herausgeber: | Frenkel, Miriam |
Verlag: | Ingram Publishers Services |
Veröffentlicht: | 23.03.2021 |
Schlagworte: | Egypt Interfaith relations Judaism: life and practice c 630 to c 1517 (Egyptian medieval period) |
Miriam Frenkel is Professor of Medieval Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the Menahem Ben-Sasson Chair in Judaism & Islam Through the Ages and head of the School of History.