Jews lived in Egypt for centuries, since biblical times; nevertheless, Jewish life in Medieval Islamic Egypt was for many years an obscure and understudied theme.
Starting from the last phases of the Byzantine era and ending with the Mamluk period, the book presents a scholarly yet vivid description of Jewish communal organization, judiciary, economic frameworks, fam.
This book offers the reader a wide-ranging picture of Jewish life in Medieval Egypt as depicted by the most recent scholarship.
Jews lived in Egypt for centuries, since biblical times; nevertheless, Jewish life in Medieval Islamic Egypt was for many years an obscure and understudied theme