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

"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 th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zinger, Oded (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023]
Colección:Jewish culture and contexts.
Temas:
To 1500
Jews > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Jewish women > Egypt > Social conditions > History > 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.
Mariage > Droit juif.
Génizah du Caire.
RELIGION / Judaism / History.
Cairo Genizah
Courts
Jewish courts
Jewish marriage customs and rites
Jewish women > Social conditions
Jews
Marriage law
Egypt
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Jewish marriage 101: In lieu of a glossary
  • Introduction
  • The legal arena: A social interpretation
  • Gender and status in geniza courts
  • Compromising women: Gender and property in divorce and married life
  • The ties that bind: Kinship support and communal participation
  • Conclusion.

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