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The Jews in medieval Egypt

Table of Contents: “…Between the Hellenistic world and the Cairo Genizah: The Jewish community in late antique Egypt / Tal Ilan -- A concise history of Islamic Egypt / Yehoshua Frenkel -- The community's borders: Converts and renegades / Moshe Yagur -- Communal self-government: The Genizah period / Mark R. …”
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Israel in Egypt by Salvesen, Alison

Subjects: “…Jews Egypt History To 1500.…”
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Egypt - the lost homeland : exodus from Egypt, 1947-1967 : the history of the Jews in Egypt, 1540 BCE to 1967 CE / by Douer, Alisa

Subjects: “…Jews Egypt History.…”
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Ägypten - die verlorene Heimat : der Exodus aus Ägypten, 1947-1967 : Geschichte der Juden in Ägypten von 1540 BC bis 1967 AD by Douer, Alisa

Subjects: “…Jews Egypt History.…”
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Identity in Persian Egypt The Fate of the Yehudite Community of Elephantine. by Becking, Bob

Subjects: “…Jews Egypt Elephantine History To 1500.…”
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Egypt, Canaan and Israel : Proceedings of a Conference at the University of Haifa, 3-7 May 2009. by Bar, Shay

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The genesis of Israel and Egypt by Sweeney, Emmet John

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The Alexandrian riots of 38 C.E. and the persecution of the Jews : a historical reconstruction by Gambetti, Sandra

Subjects: “…Jews Egypt Alexandria History To 1500.…”
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Heresy and the Politics of Community : the Jews of the Fatimid Caliphate by Rustow, Marina

Subjects: “…Jews Egypt History To 1500.…”
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On the Mediterranean and the Nile : the Jews of Egypt by Israel-Pelletier, Aimée

Subjects: “…Jews Egypt Intellectual life.…”
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Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages : an Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza. by Cohen, Mark R.

Subjects: “…Jews Egypt Charities History.…”
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Jewish and Greek communities in Egypt : entrepreneurship and business before Nasser by Abdulhaq, Najat

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Jewish self-government in medieval Egypt : the origins of the office of head of the Jews, ca. 1065-1126 by Cohen, Mark R., 1943-

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The business of identity : Jews, Muslims, and economic life in medieval Egypt by Lieberman, Phillip I., 1970-

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Jewish ethnic identity and relations in Hellenistic Egypt : with walls of iron? by Moore, Stewart Alden

Subjects: “…Jews Egypt Identity History To 1500.…”
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Poverty and charity in the Jewish community of medieval Egypt by Cohen, Mark R., 1943-

Subjects: “…Jews Egypt Charities History.…”
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The despoliation of Egypt in pre-rabbinic, rabbinic and patristic traditions by Allen, Joel Stevens

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History of Biblical Israel : major problems and minor issues by Malamat, Abraham

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Philo's flaccus : the first pogrom. by Philo, of Alexandria

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The gifts of the Jews : how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels by Cahill, Thomas

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American Evangelicals in Egypt : Missionary Encounters in an Age of Empire. by Sharkey, Heather J.

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American Evangelicals in Egypt : Missionary Encounters in an Age of Empire. by Sharkey, Heather J.

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Egypt and the limits of Hellenism by Moyer, Ian S., 1971-

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The Jews in late antiquity by Laham Cohen, Rodrigo

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Medical prescriptions in the Cambridge Genizah collections : practical medicine and pharmacology in medieval Egypt by Lev, Efraim

Subjects: “…Drugs Egypt History To 1500.…”
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The popularisation of Sufism in Ayyubid and Mamluk Egypt, 1173-1325 by Hofer, Nathan

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In the shadow of Bezalel : Aramaic, biblical, and ancient Near Eastern studies in honor of Bezalel Porten

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Moses Maimonides : the man and his works by Davidson, Herbert A. (Herbert Alan), 1932-2021

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A history of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period. the coming of the Greeks : the early Hellenistic Period (335-175 BCE) by Grabbe, Lester L.

Table of Contents: “…11.2 The Septuagint Translation of the Bible11.3 Beliefs; 11.4 Prophecy and Apocalyptic; 11.5 Summary; Part IV: HISTORICAL SYNTHESIS; Chapter 12 TIME OF ALEXANDER AND THE DIADOCHI (335-280 BCE); 12.1 Background History; 12.2 Alexander the Great and the Jews; 12.3 Judah during the 'Wars of the Successors'; 12.4 Ptolemy I and the Jews; 12.5 Hecataeus of Abdera on the Jews; 12.6 Summary; Chapter 13 THE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD (280-205 BCE); 13.1 Background History; 13.2 Jews under the Ptolemies; 13.3 Tobiads and Oniads; 13.4 Fourth Syrian War (219-217 BCE); 13.5 Daily Life.…”
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Egyptian Society Under Ottoman Rule, 1517-1798. by Winter, Michael

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Redemption and Resistance : the Messianic Hopes of Jews and Christians in Antiquity. by Bockmuehl, Markus

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Sacred texts, modern questions : connecting ethics and history through a Jewish lens.

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Ottoman Middle East : Studies in Honor of Amnon Cohen. by Ginio, Eyal

Table of Contents: “…Ottoman Palestine -- part two. Ottoman Egypt and the fertile crescent -- part three. Ottoman Jews and the surrounding communities -- part four. …”
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Ancient Alexandria between Egypt and Greece. by Harris, W. V.

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Unknown past : Layla Murad, the Jewish-Muslim star of Egypt by Hammad, Hanan

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Defining Jewish Difference : From Antiquity to the Present. by Berkowitz, Beth A.

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Jews, Christians, and Muslims in medieval and early modern times : a festschrift in honor of Mark R. Cohen

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The Sicarii in Josephus's Judean war : rhetorical analysis and historical observations by Brighton, Mark Andrew

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Redemption and resistance : the Messianic hopes of Jews and Christians in antiquity

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Making of Israel : Cultural Diversity in the Southern Levant and the Formation of Ethnic Identity in Deuteronomy. by Crouch, C. L.

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