Living with the law : gender and community among the Jews of medieval Egypt / Oded Zinger.

"Living with the Law explores the marital disputes of Jews in medieval Islamic Egypt (1000-1250). Examining the rich documents of the Cairo Geniza, a unique repository of discarded paper discovered in Cairo synagogue, the book recovers the life stories of Jewish women and men working through their m...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Jewish culture and contexts.
Main Author: Zinger, Oded (Author)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023]
Series:Jewish culture and contexts.
Subjects:
Jews > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Jewish women > Egypt > Social conditions > To 1500.
Jewish marriage customs and rites > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Jewish courts > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Courts > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Marriage (Jewish law)
Marriage law > Egypt.
Cairo Genizah.
Courts.
Jewish courts.
Jewish marriage customs and rites.
Jewish women > Social conditions.
Jews.
Marriage law.
Egypt.
To 1500
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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