Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt : The Origins of the Office of the 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Mark R., 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Coptic Church.
Nagid.
Jews > Politics and government.
Jews.
Fatimites.
Ethnic relations.
Cairo Genizah.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Fatimid.
Genizah du Caire.
Fātimides.
Juifs > Égypte > Histoire > 70-1789.
Jews > Egypt > History > 70-1789.
Jews > Egypt > Politics and government.
Egypt.
Egypt > Ethnic relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover ; Contents; 1 The Problem of Origins.

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