The religious and spiritual life of the Jews of Medina /

The religious and spiritual life of the Jews of Medina /

In The Religious and Spiritual Life of the Jews of Medina Haggai Mazuz offers an account of the halakhic character of the Jewish community of Medina in the seventh century CE. Making use of a unique methodology of comparison between Islamic and Jewish sources, Mazuz convincingly argues that the Jews...

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Main Author: Mazuz, Haggai, 1980-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Series: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 38.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262416.

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Jews > Saudi Arabia > Medina > History.
Medina (Saudi Arabia) > Ethnic relations.

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Call Number: DS135.A75 S335 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1. Religious and Social Leadership
  • 2. Law and Custom
  • 3. Religious Beliefs
  • 4. External Characteristics
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Possible Reasons for Presenting Early Islam as an Anti-Rabbinic Movement
  • Appendix 2: Reference to the People of Wādī al-Qurā in Ginzberg's Geonic Responsa
  • Appendix 3: Reference to the People of Wādī al-Qurā in Harkavy's Geonica Responsa
  • Appendix 4: Benjamin of Tudela on the Jewish Presence in Northern Arabia
  • Bibliography
  • Citation Index
  • Subject Index.