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A Mediterranean Society, Volume I: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Economic Foundations
S. D. Goitein
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Description for A Mediterranean Society, Volume I: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Economic Foundations
Paperback. Gives an overview of the Mediterranean (history, people, culture) during the high middle ages. This book discusses the working class; the business world, and government's role in commerce; and describes travel and seafaring. Series: Near Eastern Center, UCLA. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 892.
This six-volume 'portrait of a Mediterranean personality' is a composite portrait of the individuals who wrote the personal letters, contracts, and all other manuscript fragments that found their way into the Cairo Geniza. Most of the fragments from the Geniza, a storeroom for discarded writings that could not be thrown away because they might contain the name of God, had been removed to Cambridge University Library and other libraries around the world. Professor Goitein devoted the last thirty years of his long and productive life to their study, deciphering the language of the documents and organizing what he called a ... Read more
This six-volume 'portrait of a Mediterranean personality' is a composite portrait of the individuals who wrote the personal letters, contracts, and all other manuscript fragments that found their way into the Cairo Geniza. Most of the fragments from the Geniza, a storeroom for discarded writings that could not be thrown away because they might contain the name of God, had been removed to Cambridge University Library and other libraries around the world. Professor Goitein devoted the last thirty years of his long and productive life to their study, deciphering the language of the documents and organizing what he called a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Near Eastern Center, UCLA
Condition
New
Weight
891g
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520221581
SKU
V9780520221581
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About S. D. Goitein
S. D. Goitein (1900-1985), scholar, administrator, professor, and author of 500 or more books and articles in Hebrew and English, worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton until his death. A Mediterranean Society was awarded the Haskins Medal of the Medieval Society after publication of the first two volumes. Subsequent volumes received the National Jewish Book Award.
Reviews for A Mediterranean Society, Volume I: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Economic Foundations
The work is remarkable for its sheer magnitude, but more particularly for the humane sensibility and imagination, the skill, and the formidable learning that it reflects.
The Haskins Medal Committee
The Haskins Medal Committee