Poverty and charity in the Jewish community of medieval Egypt /

Poverty and charity in the Jewish community of medieval Egypt /

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Main Author: Cohen, Mark R., 1943- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the ancient world to the modern world.

Subjects:

Jews > Egypt > Charities > History.
Poverty > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Jews > Egypt > Social conditions.
Poor > Egypt > History.
Islam > Relations > Judaism
Judaism > Relations > Islam.
Judaism > Charities > History.
CairoGenizah.

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Call Number: HV17 .C65 2005

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Description
Item Description:"Complemented by the author's collection of primary sources in translation, The voice of the poor in the Middle Ages : an anthology of documents from the Cairo Geniza, on which the research is based".
Physical Description:xi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-269) and indexes.
ISBN:0691092729