Jews in Islamic Countries in the Middle Ages

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BRILL, 1 janv. 2004 - 828 pages
This book deals with the history of the Jews in Muslim countries, and consists of four parts; the central part is the second one which is a comprehensive history of the Jews of Iraq and Iran, from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries; the first part discusses the origin of the Jews in Yathrib (al-Madina) and the references to Jews in the founding document of the Muslim umma; the third part is a history of Sicily and its Jews during the period of Muslim rule; the fourth part deals with the role played by Jews in the economic life of the Muslim countries in the early Middle Ages. The studies are based mainly on Arab writings and on documents from the Cairo Geniza.Jews in Islamic Countries in the Middle Ages has been selected by Choice as Outstanding Academic Title (2005).This book is also available in paperback.
 

Table des matières

Chapter One The Origin of the Jews of Yathrib 118
3
The Jews and the Bedouin 23
4
The first settlers 45
6
Offspring of the Banu Judham 10
11
Judhām 12
12
Shu ayb 13
13
BalaamBalakJethro 14
15
The sons of Jethro 1516
16
Jewish personalities in Umayyad times 175179
294
In the early days of Abbassid rule 180185
299
From the end of the eighth century to the beginning of the tenth century 186207
309
The family of Naḥshōn Gaon sec 202
333
Jewish personalities in the ninth century 208209
344
Saadia Gaon Suras decline 210213
347
The renewal of the Sura yeshiva Samuel haKohen Gaon b Hophni 214220
359
Dōsā b Saadia Israel haKohen geonim of Sura 221222
372

Başrians against Ibn Ishaq 1718
17
Chapter Two The Constitution of Medina 1938
21
A general description of the Constitution 20
22
The unity of the document 23
24
The time of the document 24
25
The new unity 25
26
The exclusivity of the document 28
28
Gods protection 2930
30
The new justice and the haram 31
32
No reference to the Jewish tribes 35
35
A treaty with the Jews? 3334
38
25
44
30
45
Chapter One From Sasanian to Islamic Rule 3967
49
The Jews of Babylonia and Persia and the conquest 4546
55
Arab sources 5263
67
A comparative table of lists of the exilarchs and nesīīm
76
The affair of the Persian princess 6467
77
Chapter Two The Exilarchate 6885
83
The Rashūt 7374
92
A chronological list of the exilarchs from Bustanai to Hezekiah II
97
83
104
The exilarchs in the tenth and eleventh centuries 8285
111
The savōrāīm 86
117
The studies 96
136
Babylonia the Diaspora Center 101135
150
Chapter Four The Controversies in the tenth century 136147
207
PumbeditaUqbāDavid b Zakkai 137141
218
Saadia Gaons controversies 144145
224
Aaron haKohen Gaon and the controversies at the Pumbedita yeshiva 146147
233
Chapter Five The Sects 148164
241
Karaites 160163
260
207
266
The Tustaris 164
269
Chapter Six Annals of the Jews of Babylonia and Persia 165280
273
Taxes in the first generations of Abbasid rule 172173
287
Relations between Jews and Christians 174
291
from Semah b Kafnai to Nehemiah b Kohen Şedeq 223225
376
The geonim Sherira and Hayy 226238
381
Sheriras family tree sec 227
382
A chronological list of the geonim of Sura and Pumbedita after sec 238
404
Some eleventh century events 241
410
Jewish figures in the eleventh century 242
414
Two centuries of persecutions 243245
416
Fifty years of messianism 246248
421
The second half of the twelfth century and the first half of the thirteenth century 249250
429
The Mongol conquest 251252
431
Exilarchs 253268
433
The genealogy of the family of the nāsī Hōdāyā sec 259 in the note
445
The later Babylonian geonim 261268
448
Jewish figures in the twelfth and the thirteenth centuries 269280
468
Chapter Seven The Jewish communities of Babylonia and Persia 281306
491
Chapter One Muslim rule in Sicily 307316
535
Chapter Two Sicilys economy and the Jewish merchants 317324
563
Coins and measures 323
570
Chapter Four The Jews of Sicily 327332
579
Central personages among the Jews of Sicily 329332
585
Chapter One Agriculture land assets 333334
597
Chapter Two The major occupations 335336
603
Chapter Four Jewish merchants and financiers 341399
615
Table for comparing the two sources on the Rādhānites sec 347
625
Babylonian financiers 355367
638
List of the Abbasid viziers 870932 sec 359
646
The Tustaris 368375
663
The Jewish merchants in the ninth and tenth centuries the migration
676
Other Maghrib families 383384
687
The family ties of Judah rosh haseder sec 384
690
The Tahirtī family 385391
693
Nehorai b Nissim 392399
705
The genealogy of Nehorai on his fathers side sec 393
707
Chronology
723
Bibliographical index
749
General Index
791
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Moshe Gil, Ph.D. (1970) in Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania, is Professor Emeritus of Jewish History at Tel Aviv University. He has published extensively on mediaeval Jewish and Arab history. His publications in English include: Documents of the Jewish Pious Foundations from the Cairo Geniza (Brill, 1976), and A History of Palestine, 634-1099 (Cambridge University Press, 1992).

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