Book Details
Orange Code:95628
Paperback:1064 pages
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Sections:
1. The Sources2. Jewish Perceptions of and Attitudes toward Islam and Muslims3. Islamic Attitudes and Policies4. The Maghrib and Egypt5. The Jews of Muslim Spain6. Beyond Crescent and Cross: Jews in Medieval Syria and Sicily7. Yemen and India from the Rise of Islam to 15008. The Jews of Northern Arabia in Early Islam9. Judaism in Pre-Islamic Arabia10. The Islamic East11. Demography and Migrations12. Economic Activities13. Jewish Religious and Communal Organization14. Schools and Education15. The Life Cycle and tyhe Annual Cycle in Genizah Society16. Family Life in Genizah Society17. Karaism18. Non-Rabbinic and Non-Karaite Religious Movements19. Languages and Translation20. Book Production21. Jewish Biblical Exegesis in Muslim Lands in the Middle Ages22. Jewish Law23. Liturgy24. Piyyut25. Jewish Philosophy26. Science and Medicine27. Magic28. Mysticism29. Belles Lettres30. Jewish-Muslim Polemics31. Historiography32. Material Culture, Art, and Architecture
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Volume 5 examines the history of Judaism in the Islamic World from the rise of Islam in the early sixth century to the expulsion of Jews from Spain at the end of the fifteenth. This period witnessed radical transformations both within the Jewish community itself and in the broader contexts in which the Jews found themselves. The rise of Islam had a decisive influence on Jews and Judaism as the conditions of daily life and elite culture shifted throughout the Islamicate world. Islamic conquest and expansion affected the shape of the Jewish community as the center of gravity shifted west to the North African communities, and long-distance trading opportunities led to the establishment of trading diasporas and flourishing communities as far east as India. By the end of our period, many of the communities on the 'other' side of the Mediterranean had come into their own?while many of the Jewish communities in the Islamicate world had retreated from their high-water mark.
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