The Jews in Medieval Egypt

Jews lived in Egypt for centuries, since biblical times; nevertheless, Jewish life in medieval Islamic Egypt was for many years an obscure and understudied theme. This book offers the reader a wide-ranging picture of Jewish life in medieval Egypt as depicted by the 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. Between the Hellenistic World and the Cairo Genizah: The Jewish Community in Late Antique Egypt / Tal Ilan -- A Concise History of Islamic Egypt / Yehoshua Frenkel -- The Community's Borders; Converts and Renegades / Moshe Yagur -- Communal Self-Government: The Genizah Period / Mark R. Cohen -- Introduction to the Legal Arena / Oded Zinger -- Jewish Economic Life in Medieval Egypt: Images, Theories, and Research / Jessica Goldberg -- Jewish Family Life in Medieval Egypt / Miriam Frenkel -- Situating Egyptian Pietism / Elisha Russ-Fishbane -- Languages and Language Varieties Used by Medieval Egyptian Jews / Esther-Miriam Wagner -- Hebrew Poetry in Medieval Egypt / Joseph Yahalom -- The Last Phase-The Jews in Medieval Egypt under the Mamluks (1250-1517) / Amir Mazor "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"-- Provided by publisher 10.1515_9781618117489-fm 1 10.1515_9781618117489-toc 5 10.1515_9781618117489-001 6 10.1515_9781618117489-002 15 10.1515_9781618117489-003 36 10.1515_9781618117489-004 61 10.1515_9781618117489-005 86 10.1515_9781618117489-006 100 10.1515_9781618117489-007 138 10.1515_9781618117489-008 160 10.1515_9781618117489-009 189 10.1515_9781618117489-010 205 10.1515_9781618117489-011 223 10.1515_9781618117489-012 258 10.1515_9781618117489-013 283 10.1515_9781618117489-014 315 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.