Language, gender and law in the Judaeo-Islamic milieu.
"The articles in this volume focus on the legal, linguistic, historical and literary roles of Jewish women in the Islamic world of the Middle Ages. Drawing heavily on manuscript evidence from the Cairo Genizah, the authors examine the challenges involved in the identification and interpretation...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden Boston :
BRILL,
2020.
Series:
Études sur le judaïsme médiéval;
volume 82.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004419094.
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Call Number: HQ1172 .L36 2020
| Summary: | "The articles in this volume focus on the legal, linguistic, historical and literary roles of Jewish women in the Islamic world of the Middle Ages. Drawing heavily on manuscript evidence from the Cairo Genizah, the authors examine the challenges involved in the identification and interpretation of women's letters from medieval Egypt, the registers of women's written language, the relations between Jewish women and the Muslim legal system, the conversion of women, visions of women in Hell and gendered readings in the aggadic tradition of Judaism". |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9789004422179 |