The Jews in Medieval Egypt by Miriam Frenkel PAPERBACK 9781618117472

Academic Studies Press

The Jews in Medieval Egypt\nby Miriam Frenkel\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Miriam Frenkel\nTitle: The Jews in Medieval Egypt\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Judaism: life and practice\nPublisher: Academic Studies Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9781618117472\nISBN-10: 1618117475\nRRP: \u00A324.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nJews lived in Egypt over many centuries, from biblical times until the middle of the previous century. Nevertheless, Jewish life in medieval Islamic Egypt was for many years an obscure and understudied theme. The present book offers the reader a wide-ranging picture of Jewish life in medieval Egypt as depicted by most recent scholarship. Starting from the last phases of the Byzantine era and ending with the Mamluk period, the book presen.