The Business of Identity: Jews, Muslims, and Economic Life in Medieval Egypt by Phillip I. Ackerman-Lieberman

The Business of Identity: Jews, Muslims, and Economic Life in Medieval Egypt

Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture

Phillip I. Ackerman-Lieberman

464 pages • first pub 2014 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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The Cairo Geniza is the largest and richest store of documentary evidence for the medieval Islamic world. This book seeks to revolutionize the way scholars use that treasure trove. Phillip I. Ackerman-Lieberman draws on legal documents from the Ge...

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