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The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents from the

The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza Paperback / softback - 2005

by Mark R. Cohen

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Paperback / softback. New. A companion to "Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt", this book contains the voices of the poor themselves, found in documents heretofore largely ignored. It provides access to the attitudes and philanthropic activities of the charitable, alongside the dramatic writings of the poor themselves.
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  • Title The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza
  • Author Mark R. Cohen
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press
  • Date 2005-10-16
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780691092713
  • ISBN 9780691092713 / 0691092710
  • Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.36 x 0.59 in (23.52 x 16.15 x 1.50 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: North Africa
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects Jews - Egypt - Charities - History, Poverty - Religious aspects - Judaism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004062827
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.508

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First line

PRIVATE CHARITY, by its very nature, is nut easily observed in other periods and societies in premodern times.

From the rear cover

"This anthology will expand our understanding of what life was like at the time when Islamic civilization was at or near its peak. It makes an excellent companion to Cohen's other book, Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Europe."--Michael Bonner, University of Michigan

"Scholars and students of the Cairo Geniza, the medieval Muslim world, and the history of poverty and charity will find here a rich trove of newly-translated petitions, poor rolls, lists of benefactors, and letters of recommendation. They afford a rare view of the workings of charity and the world of the poor in the Middle Ages."--Amy Singer, Tel Aviv University

About the author

Mark R. Cohen is Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University and a well-known authority on the Cairo Geniza and the history of the Jews in the medieval Islamic world. His books include Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt (Princeton), which won the National Jewish Book Award for Jewish history in 1981; Jewish Life in Medieval Egypt 641-1382, translated into Arabic, 1987; The Autobiography of a Seventeenth-Century Venetian Rabbi: Leon Modena's Life of Judah(Princeton); and, most recently, Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages (Princeton), which has been translated into Hebrew, Turkish, and German.

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