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A Mediterranean Society: An Abridgment in One Volume, Goitein, S. D. 1999 HC
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Features
- Abridged
- ISBN
- 9780520217348
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520217349
ISBN-13
9780520217348
eBay Product ID (ePID)
181734
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mediterranean Society
Number of Pages
525 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Judaism / General, Europe / General, Middle East / General, Jewish
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
30.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-054216
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
956/.004924
Edition Description
Abridged edition
Synopsis
S. D. Goitein's magisterial five-volume work on Jewish communities in the medieval Mediterranean world offers an unparalleled view of how people lived, traveled, worshiped, and conducted their economic and social affairs. Living under Muslim rule, the Jews became increasingly urbanized and played a significant part in an expanding world economy. As major actors in the flourishing intellectual life of the period, they forged much of what constitutes traditional Judaism today and served as a conduit of Islamic learning to the Christian West. Goitein's masterpiece is now abridged and reworked by Jacob Lassner in a single volume that captures the essential narratives and contexts of the original. To understand the value of this distillation, we need to picture the remarkable, all-but-impenetrable cache of unique letters and documents found by accident in ageniza, or repository of sacred writings, in Old Cairo. These materials, unlike historical chronicles and literary texts of the time, represent the living experiences of people in a wide variety of settings throughout the entire Mediterranean and stretching as far east as the Indian subcontinent. Goitein explored and interpreted these texts as no other scholar had. Lassner, in turn, makes Goitein's findings available to a wide audience and then moves on to raise a host of new and tantalizing questions about the Jews of the Geniza and the relationship of their community to the hegemonic Muslim society., S. D. Goitein's magisterial five-volume work on Jewish communities in the medieval Mediterranean world offers an unparalleled view of how people lived, traveled, worshiped, and conducted their economic and social affairs. Living under Muslim rule, the Jews became increasingly urbanized and played a significant part in an expanding world economy. As major actors in the flourishing intellectual life of the period, they forged much of what constitutes traditional Judaism today and served as a conduit of Islamic learning to the Christian West. Goitein's masterpiece is now abridged and reworked by Jacob Lassner in a single volume that captures the essential narratives and contexts of the original. To understand the value of this distillation, we need to picture the remarkable, all-but-impenetrable cache of unique letters and documents found by accident in a geniza , or repository of sacred writings, in Old Cairo. These materials, unlike historical chronicles and literary texts of the time, represent the living experiences of people in a wide variety of settings throughout the entire Mediterranean and stretching as far east as the Indian subcontinent. Goitein explored and interpreted these texts as no other scholar had. Lassner, in turn, makes Goitein's findings available to a wide audience and then moves on to raise a host of new and tantalizing questions about the Jews of the Geniza and the relationship of their community to the hegemonic Muslim society.
LC Classification Number
D199.3.G58 1999
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- -***h (512)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseExcellent condition and quality, better than described. The value and appearance are perfect. Shipped in a protective box; the corners of the book were protected. An uncommon level of care. Excellent eBayer! 😀ALASKA AT WAR 1941-1945 THE FORGOTTEN WAR REMEMBERED Chardonnet Original 1995 Bk (#167357680705)
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