This Noble House : Jewish Descendants of King David in the Medieval Islamic East /

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"This Noble House explores the preoccupation with biblical genealogy that emerged among Jews in the Islamic Near East between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. Arnold Franklin looks to Jewish society's fascination with Davidic ancestry, examining the profusion of claims to the lineage...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Franklin, Arnold E. (Arnold Efrem), 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013.
Series:Jewish culture and contexts.
Subjects:
David, > King of Israel > Family.
David, > King of Israel
Jews > Nobility.
Jews > Genealogy > History.
Judaism > Relations > Islam.
Islam > Relations > Judaism.
Juifs > Noblesse.
Judaïsme > Relations > Islam.
Islam > Relations > Judaïsme.
RELIGION > Judaism > History.
Ethnic relations
Families
Interfaith relations
Islam
Jews.
Jews > Nobility
Judaism
Ethnische Beziehungen
Juden
Oberschicht
Islamic Empire > Ethnic relations.
Empire islamique > Relations interethniques.
Islamic Empire
Arabien
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. "Sharīf of the Jewish Nation": Reconceptualizing the House of David in the Islamic East
  • Chapter 2. "The Truth of the Pedigree": Documenting Origins and the Public Performance of Lineage
  • Chapter 3. Ancestry as Authority: Lineage and Power in Near Eastern Jewish Society
  • Chapter 4. "Designated in the Past and for the Future": Davidic Dynasts and Medieval Messianic Anticipation
  • Chapter 5. "The Sharīf of Every People Is Well-Born": Genealogy and the Legitimization of Minority Culture
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Halper 462: Transcription and Translation
  • Appendix B.A Tentative List of Davidic Dynasts Datable between ca. 950 and ca. 1450
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Manuscript Sources
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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