Jews in Islamic Countries in the Middle Ages

Moše Gîl

BRILL, 1 janv. 2004 - 828 pages

This book deals with the history of the Jews in Muslim countries, and consists of four parts; the central part is the second one which is a comprehensive history of the Jews of Iraq and Iran, from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries; the first part discusses the origin of the Jews in Yathrib (al-Madina) and the references to Jews in the founding document of the Muslim umma; the third part is a history of Sicily and its Jews during the period of Muslim rule; the fourth part deals with the role played by Jews in the economic life of the Muslim countries in the early Middle Ages. The studies are based mainly on Arab writings and on documents from the Cairo Geniza.Jews in Islamic Countries in the Middle Ages has been selected by Choice as Outstanding Academic Title (2005).This book is also available in paperback.

Table des matières

• Hijāz and Dārūm 1: 3
• The Jews and the Bedouin 23: 4
• Aaron haKohen Gaon and the controversies at: 5
• The first settlers 45: 6
• Offspring of the Banū Judhām 10: 10
• Midian 11: 12
• Shuayb 13: 13
• BalaamBalakJethro 14: 14
• The sons of Jethro 1516: 15
• Başrians against Ibn Ishaq 1718: 17
• Chapter Two The Constitution of Medina 1938: 19
• A general description of the Constitution 20: 20
• Traditions relating to the document and its preservation 2122: 21
• The unity of the document 23: 23
• The time of the document 24: 24
• The new unity 25: 25
• Bloodmoney and redemption of prisoners 2627: 26
• The exclusivity of the document 28: 28
• Gods protection 2930: 29
• The new justice and the haram 31: 31
• Restrictions relating to women 32: 32
• A treaty with the Jews? 3334: 33
• No reference to the Jewish tribes 35: 35
• The obligations of the Jews 36: 36
• The severance of relations with the Jews 37: 37
• From the biography of the Prophet 38: 38
• Chapter One From Sasanian to Islamic Rule 3967: 49
• The Jews of Babylonia and Persia and the conquest 4546: 55
• The sources of the Bustanai story 4751: 58
• Arab sources 5263: 67
• The affair of the Persian princess 6467: 77
• The genealogy of Bustanais offspring and the link with the descendants: 78
• Chapter Two The Exilarchate 6885: 83
• The exilarch in Arab sources 7172: 88
• The Rāshūt 7374: 92
• The exilarchs in the early period 7578: 95
• Chronology: 100
• The crisis at the beginning of the ninth century 7981: 105
• The exilarchs in the tenth and eleventh centuries 8285: 111
• Chapter Three The Yeshivot 86135: 117
• The sāvōrāīm 86: 119
• The geonim 8789: 120
• The organization and structure of the yeshiva 9095: 125
• The studies 96: 136
• The appointments 97: 139
• Monies 98: 141
• Right and left 99100: 145
• Chapter Five The Sects 148164: 148
• Babylonia the Diaspora Center 101135: 150
• Karaites 160163: 160
• 49: 161
• 55: 166
• 58: 167
• 83: 169
• Taxes in the first generations of Abbasid rule 172173: 172
• In the early days of Abbassid rule 180185: 180
• From the end of the eighth century to the beginning of the tenth: 186
• 88: 195
• 92: 205
• 105: 206
• 150: 207
• Jewish personalities in the ninth century 208209: 208
• PumbeditaUqbāDavid b Zakkai 137141: 218
• Saadia Gaons controversies 144145: 224
• Sheriras family tree sec: 227
• 347: 239
• A chronological list of the geonim of Sura and Pumbedita after sec 238 404: 268
• Table for comparing the two sources on the Rādhānites sec: 347
• The renewal of the Sura yeshiva Samuel haKohen Gaon b Hophni: 359
• Bibliographical index: 368
• Dōsā b Saadia Israel haKohen geonim of Sura 221222: 372
• The geonim Sherira and Hayy 226238: 381
• The family ties of Judah rōsh haseder sec: 384
• Some Jewish personalities of the seond half of the tenth century: 406
• Jewish figures in the eleventh century 242: 414
• Fifty years of messianism 246248: 421
• The second half of the twelfth century and the first half of: 429
• General Index: 432
• Exilarchs 253268: 448
• Jewish figures in the twelfth and the thirteenth centuries 269280: 468
• Chapter Seven The Jewish communities of Babylonia and Persia: 491
• Chapter One Muslim rule in Sicily 307316: 535
• Chapter Two Sicilys economy and the Jewish merchants 317324: 563
• Coins and measures 323: 570
• Chapter Four The Jews of Sicily 327332: 579
• Central personages among the Jews of Sicily 329332: 585
• Chapter One Agriculture land assets 333334: 597
• Chapter Two The major occupations 335336: 603
• Chapter Four Jewish merchants and financiers 341399: 615
• Babylonian financiers 355367: 638
• The Tustaris 368375: 663
• The Jewish merchants in the ninth and tenth centuries the migration: 676
• Other Maghrib families 383384: 687
• The connection between the alMajjānī family and the Tahirtis sec 384: 691
• The Tahirtī family 385391: 693
• Nehorai b Nissim 392399: 705
• The genealogy of Nehorai on his fathers side sec 393: 707

À propos de l'auteur

Moshe Gil, Ph.D. (1970) in Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania, is Professor Emeritus of Jewish History at Tel Aviv University. He has published extensively on mediaeval Jewish and Arab history. His publications in English include: Documents of the Jewish Pious Foundations from the Cairo Geniza (Brill, 1976), and A History of Palestine, 634-1099 (Cambridge University Press, 1992).

Informations bibliographiques

• Titre: Jews in Islamic Countries in the Middle Ages; Volume 28 de Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval / Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval
• Auteur: Moše Gîl
• Traduit par: David Strassler
• Éditeur: BRILL, 2004
• ISBN: 900413882X, 9789004138827
• Longueur: 828 pages