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Jewish self-government in medieval Egypt : the origins of the office of head of the Jews, ca. 1065-1126 /
Under three successive Islamic dynasties--the Fatimids, the Ayyubids, and the Mamluks--the Egyptian Office of the Head of the Jews (also known as the Nagid) became the most powerful representative of medieval Jewish autonomy in the Islamic world. To determine the origins of this institution, Mark Co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[1980]
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| Colección: | Princeton studies on the Near East.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Under three successive Islamic dynasties--the Fatimids, the Ayyubids, and the Mamluks--the Egyptian Office of the Head of the Jews (also known as the Nagid) became the most powerful representative of medieval Jewish autonomy in the Islamic world. To determine the origins of this institution, Mark Cohen concentrates on the complex web of internal and external circumstances during the latter part of the eleventh century.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
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| Notas: | Includes indexes. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (409 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-360). |
| ISBN: | 9781400853588 1400853583 1306989086 9781306989084 9780691053073 0691053073 069161542X 9780691615424 |