TY  - BOOK
AU  - Franklin,Arnold E.
TI  - This Noble House: Jewish Descendants of King David in the Medieval Islamic East
T2  - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series
SN  - 9780812206401
AV  - CS28 -- .F73 2013eb 
U1  - 296.3/97 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - David,-King of Israel-Family
KW  - Jews-Nobility
KW  - Jews-Genealogy
KW  - Judaism-Relations-Islam
KW  - Islam-Relations-Judaism
KW  - Islamic Empire-Ethnic relations
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- This Noble House -- JEWISH CULTURE AND CONTEXTS -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- A Note on Transliteration, Names, and Dates -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. "Sharīf of the Jewish Nation": Reconceptualizing the House of David in the Islamic East -- Chapter 2. "The Truth of the Pedigree": Documenting Origins and the Public Performance of Lineage -- Chapter 3. Ancestry as Authority: Lineage and Power in Near Eastern Jewish Society -- Chapter 4. "Designated in the Past and for the Future": Davidic Dynasts and Medieval Messianic Anticipation -- Chapter 5. "The Sharīf of Every People Is Well-Born": Genealogy and the Legitimization of Minority Culture -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Halper 462: Transcription and Translation -- Appendix B. A Tentative List of Davidic Dynasts Datable between ca. 950 and ca. 1450 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Manuscript Sources -- Index -- Acknowledgments
N2  - This Noble House examines the importance of biblical ancestry--especially the claim of descent from King David--for Jews living in the medieval Islamic world
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