“The Compassionate and Benevolent”: Jewish Ruling Elites in the Medieval Islamicate World

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“The Compassionate and Benevolent”: Jewish Ruling Elites in the Medieval Islamicate World is written by Miriam Frenkel and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110713616 (ISBN 10) and 9783110713619 (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.