Judaism, Sufism, and the pietists of medieval Egypt : a study of Abraham Maimonides and his times /

'Judaism, Sufism, and the Pietists of Medieval Egypt' addresses the extraordinary rise and inner life of the Egyptian pietist movement in the first half of the thirteenth century. The creative engagement with the dominant Islamic culture was always present, even when unspoken. Dr Russ-Fish...

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Main Author: Russ-Fishbane, Elisha (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in the Abrahamic religions.
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