
"The Compassionate and Benevolent": Jewish Ruling Elites in the Medieval Islamicate World
Alexandria as a Case Study
Miriam Frenkel(Author)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 8. April 2025
Book
Hardback
XXVII, 333 pages
978-3-11-071287-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is a monograph about the medieval Jewish community of the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. Through deep analyses of contemporary historical sources, mostly documents from the Cairo Geniza, life stories, conducts and practices of private people are revealed. When put together these private biographies convey a social portrait of an elite group which ruled over the local community, but was part of a supra communal network.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
1 Abbildung
1 ill.
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
756 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-071287-2 (9783110712872)
Schweitzer Classification
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Miriam Frenkel
"The Compassionate and Benevolent": Jewish Ruling Elites in the Medieval Islamicate World
Alexandria as a Case Study
Book
12/2022
1st Edition
De Gruyter
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Miriam Frenkel
"The Compassionate and Benevolent": Jewish Ruling Elites in the Medieval Islamicate World
Alexandria as a Case Study
E-Book
12/2020
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€124.95
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Miriam Frenkel
"The Compassionate and Benevolent": Jewish Ruling Elites in the Medieval Islamicate World
Alexandria as a Case Study
E-Book
12/2020
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€124.95
Available for download
Persons
Miriam Frenkel
, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.