One Jurist, Two Answers: Law, Advocacy, and Social Reality in the Jewish Community of the Medieval Islamicate World

One of the thorniest problems for the writing of medieval Jewish social history is the paucity of source materials. Yet even where documentary materials such as the Cairo Geniza do remain, scholars often complement their study of documentary materials by making recourse to legal materials. The legal...

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Main Author: Lieberman, Phillip I. 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn Press 2021
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2021, Volume: 111, Issue: 2, Pages: 211-235
Further subjects:B Islamic Law
B court practice
B Moses Maimonides
B Responsa
B Jewish Law
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