Jews in Islamic Countries in the Middle AgesBRILL, 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 |
749 | |
791 | |
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