Heresy and the Politics of Community : The Jews of the Fatimid Caliphate.

Heresy and the Politics of Community -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration, Transcription, and Citations -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Part 1: The Shape Of The Jewish Community -- 1. The Tripartite Community -- 2. Jewish Book Culture in the Tenth Century -- 3. The Limits of Communal Autonomy -- Part II: Rabbanites, Qaraites, and The Politics Of Leadership -- 4. Qaraites and the Politics of Powerlessness -- 5. "Nothing but Kindness, Benefit, and Loyalty": Qaraites and the Ge'onim of Baghdad -- 6. "Under the Authority of God and All Israel": Qaraites and the Ge'onim of Jerusalem -- 7. "Glory of the Two Parties": Petitions to Qaraite Courtiers -- 8. The Affair of the Ban of Excommunication in 1029 -- Part III: Scholastic Loyalty and Its Limits -- 9. Rabbanite-Qaraite Marriages -- 10. In the Courts: Legal Reciprocity -- Part IV: The Origins Of Territorial Governance -- 11. Avignon in Ramla: The Schism of 1038-42 -- 12. The Tripartite Community and the First Crusade -- Epilogue: Toward a History of Jewish Heresy -- Glossary -- Guide to Places and People -- Manuscript Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.

A new perspective on the factional conflict between two medieval Jewish sects: the Rabbanites and the Qaraites.

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