Living with the law : gender and community among the Jews of medieval Egypt /
"Living with the Law explores the marital disputes of Jews in medieval Islamic Egypt (1000-1250). Examining the rich documents of the Cairo Geniza, a unique repository of discarded paper discovered in Cairo synagogue, the book recovers the life stories of Jewish women and men working through th...
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| التنسيق: | Licensed eBooks |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2023]
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| سلاسل: | Jewish culture and contexts.
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2hq0hjt |
جدول المحتويات:
- Jewish marriage 101: In lieu of a glossary
- Introduction
- The legal arena: A social interpretation
- Gender and status in geniza courts
- Compromising women: Gender and property in divorce and married life
- The ties that bind: Kinship support and communal participation
- Conclusion.