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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Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Zinger, Oded (Автор)
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023]
Серии:Jewish culture and contexts.
Online-ссылка:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2hq0hjt
Оглавление:
  • 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.