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The religious and spiritual life of the Jews of Medina /

In this book Haggai Mazuz offers an account of the halakhic character of the Jewish community of Medina in the seventh century CE. Making use of a unique methodology of comparison between Islamic and Jewish sources, Mazuz convincingly argues that the Jews of Medina were Talmudic-Rabbinic Jews in alm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mazuz, Haggai, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Colección:Brill reference library of Judaism ; Volume 38.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Transliteration of Arabic; Transliteration of Hebrew and Aramaic; Introduction; Chapter One Religious and Social Leadership; Chapter Two Law and Custom; Chapter Three Religious Beliefs; Chapter Four External Characteristics; Conclusion; Appendix One: Possible Reasons for Presenting Early Islam as an Anti-Rabbinic Movement; Appendix Two: Reference to the People of Wādī al-Qurā in Ginzberg's Geonic Responsa; Appendix Three: Reference to the People of Wādī al-Qurā in Harkavy's Geonica Responsa.
  • Appendix Four: Benjamin of Tudela on the Jewish Presence in Northern ArabiaBibliography; Citation Index; Subject Index.