Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt (Jewish Culture and Contexts) 9781512823806, 9781512823790, 1512823805

Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt 9781512823806

Living with the Law explores the marital disputes of Jews in medieval Islamic Egypt (1000–1250), and considers how ordin

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The Jews in Medieval Egypt (The Lands and Ages of the Jewish People) 1618117467, 9781618117465

Jewish life in medieval Egypt, hitherto an obscure and understudied theme, is revealed in this volume in all its complex

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Sons of Saviors: The Red Jews in Yiddish Culture (Jewish Culture and Contexts) 9781512824339, 9781512824322, 151282433X

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Coming of Age in Medieval Egypt: Female Adolescence, Jewish Law, and Ordinary Culture 9781400887842

Much of what we know about life in the medieval Islamic Middle East comes from texts written to impart religious ideals

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Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt [Course Book ed.] 9781400826780

What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and

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The Jews in Medieval Egypt 9781618117489

Jewish life in medieval Egypt, hitherto an obscure and understudied theme, is revealed in this volume in all its complex

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The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community 9781479877201, 2016018950, 1479877204

The complete story of Jewish Harlem and its significance in American Jewish historyNew York Times columnist David W. Dun

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The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community 9781479801169

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The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community 9781479801169

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Dominion Built of Praise: Panegyric and Legitimacy Among Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean 9780812295245

In Dominion Built of Praise, Jonathan Decter looks at the phenomenon of panegyric in Mediterranean Jewish culture from s

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