Poverty and charity in the Jewish community of medieval Egypt /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cohen, Mark R., 1943-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2005]
Series:	Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world.
Subjects:	Jews > Egypt > Charities > History. Poverty > Religious aspects > Judaism. Judaism > Charities > History. Jews > Egypt > Social conditions. Poor > Egypt > History. Judaism > Relations > Islam. Islam > Relations > Judaism. Cairo Genizah.

Description
Item Description:	Complemented by the author's collection of primary sources in translation, The voice of the poor in the Middle Ages: an anthology of documents from the Cairo Geniza, on which the research is based.
Physical Description:	xi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-269) and indexes.
ISBN:	0691092729 (cloth : alk. paper)