Language, Gender and Law in the Judaeo-Islamic Milieu - Cambridge Genizah Studies Series, Volume 10

The articles in this volume focus on the legal, linguistic, historical and literary roles of Jewish women in the Islamic world of the Middle Ages, drawing heavily on manuscript evidence from the Cairo Genizah.

About the author

Zvi Stampfer, Ph.D. (2005), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is head of the Research Authority of Orot Israel College, researcher in the Genizah Research Unit at Cambridge University and the editor of Ginzei-Qedem: Genizah Research Annual.
Amir Ashur, Ph.D. (2006), Tel Aviv University, is a researcher at Orot Israel College and Tel Aviv University. His major field of study is the Cairo Genizah--the 'documentary Geniza', Maimonides and Judaeo-Arabic Bible translations.

Product details

• Assisted by: Amir Ashur (Editor), Zvi Stampfer (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.03.2020
• EAN: 9789004422162
• ISBN: 978-90-04-42216-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 437 g
• Series: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéva
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries