"The Compassionate and Benevolent": Jewish Ruling Elites in the Medieval Islamicate World(English, Hardcover, Frenkel Miriam)

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"The Compassionate and Benevolent": Jewish Ruling Elites in the Medieval Islamicate World(English, Hardcover, Frenkel Miriam) is written by Frenkel Miriam and published by De Gruyter. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110712873 (ISBN 10) and 9783110712872 (ISBN 13).

This is a monograph about the medieval Jewish community of the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. Through deep analyses of contemporary historical sources, mostly documents from the Cairo Geniza, life stories, conducts and practices of private people are revealed. When put together these private biographies convey a social portrait of an elite group which ruled over the local community, but was part of a supra communal network.