TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rustow,Marina
TI  - Heresy and the Politics of Community: The Jews of the Fatimid Caliphate
T2  - Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past Series
SN  - 9780801455308
AV  - BM185 
U1  - 296.8/1096209021 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Karaites -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500
KW  - Karaites -- Syria -- History -- To 1500
KW  - Jews -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500
KW  - Jews -- Syria -- History -- To 1500
KW  - Jewish heresies -- History -- To 1500
KW  - Egypt -- History -- 640-1250
KW  - Syria -- History -- 750-1260
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - A new perspective on the factional conflict between two medieval Jewish sects: the Rabbanites and the Qaraites
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3138673
ER  -