A Mediterranean Society: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Vol. V - The Individual

700 Pages·2000·41.562 MB·English

by  S.D. Goitein

A
MEDITERRANEAN
SOCIETY
The Jewish Communities oft he World
as Portrayed in the Documents
oft he Cairo Geniza
VOLUME V:
The Individual
S. D. Goitein
Goitein, S. D. A Mediterranean Society: the Jewish Communities of the Arab World As Portrayed In the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Vol. 5.
E-book, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00888. Accessed 10 Jan 2021.
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Goitein, S. D. A Mediterranean Society: the Jewish Communities of the Arab World As Portrayed In the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Vol. 5.
E-book, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00888. Accessed 10 Jan 2021.
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Goitein, S. D. A Mediterranean Society: the Jewish Communities of the Arab World As Portrayed In the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Vol. 5.
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Goitein, S. D. A Mediterranean Society: the Jewish Communities of the Arab World As Portrayed In the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Vol. 5.
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A MEDITERRANEAN SOCIETY
Goitein, S. D. A Mediterranean Society: the Jewish Communities of the Arab World As Portrayed In the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Vol. 5.
E-book, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00888. Accessed 10 Jan 2021.
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Goitein, S. D. A Mediterranean Society: the Jewish Communities of the Arab World As Portrayed In the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Vol. 5.
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S. D. GOITEIN
A Mediterranean Society
THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE ARAB WORLD
AS PORTRAYED IN THE DOCUMENTS OF THE CAIRO GENIZA
VOLUMEV
The Individual:
Portrait of a Mediterranean Personality
of the High Middle Ages as Reflected
in the Cairo Geniza
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley • Los Angeles • London • 1988
Goitein, S. D. A Mediterranean Society: the Jewish Communities of the Arab World As Portrayed In the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Vol. 5.
E-book, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00888. Accessed 10 Jan 2021.
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University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
Frrst Paperback Printir.g 1999
© 1988 by
The Regents of the University of California
Goitein, S. D., 1900-
A Mediterranean society : the Jewish communities of the Arab world
as portrayed in the documents of Cairo Geniza / S. D. Goitein.
p. cm.
Originally published: Berkeley : University of California Press,
1967-c1993.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents: v. 1. Economic foundations - v. 2. The community-
v. 3. TI1e faniily - v. 4. Daily life - v. 5. The individual.
ISBN 0-520-05647-7 (cl. : alk. paper)
ISBN 0-520-22162-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
I.Jews-Islamic Empire-Civilization. 2. Islaniic Empire-Civilization.
3. Cairo Genizah. I. Title.
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Goitein, S. D. A Mediterranean Society: the Jewish Communities of the Arab World As Portrayed In the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Vol. 5.
E-book, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00888. Accessed 10 Jan 2021.
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Contents of Volumes I through V
VOLUME I. ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS
Introduction: The Cairo Geniza Documents as a Source of
Mediterranean Social History
I. The Mediterranean Scene during the High Middle Ages
(969-1250)
II. The Working People
III. The World of Commerce and Finance
IV. Travel and Seafaring
VOLUME II. THE COMMUNITY
V. Communal Organization and Institutions
VI. Education and the Professional Class
VII. Interfaith Relations, Communal Autonomy, and
Government Control
VOLUME Ill. (Chapter VIII) THE FAMILY
VOLUME IV. (Chapter IX) DAILY LIFE
VOLUME V. (Chapter X) THE INDIVIDUAL: PORTRAIT OF
A MEDITERRANEAN PERSONALITY OF THE
HIGH MIDDLE AGES AS REFLECTED IN THE
CAIRO GENIZA
NOTE: The title originally planned for Chapter X,
The Mediterranean Mind, was relinquished to avoid
the erroneous impression that the personality
emerging from the Geniza documents is regarded
as representative of a hypothetical human type com
mon to the Mediterranean area.
Goitein, S. D. A Mediterranean Society: the Jewish Communities of the Arab World As Portrayed In the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Vol. 5.
E-book, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00888. Accessed 10 Jan 2021.
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BLANK PAGE
Goitein, S. D. A Mediterranean Society: the Jewish Communities of the Arab World As Portrayed In the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Vol. 5.
E-book, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00888. Accessed 10 Jan 2021.
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