Description: Volume II of a set. Only Volume II The book is part of a composite portrait of the individuals who wrote the personal letters, contracts, and all other manuscript fragments that found their way into the Cairo Geniza. Most of the fragments from the Geniza, a storeroom for discarded writings that could not be thrown away because they might contain the name of God, had been removed to Cambridge University Library and other libraries around the world. Professor Goitein devoted the last thirty years of his long and productive life to their study, deciphering the language of the documents and organizing what he called a "marvelous treasure trove of manuscripts" into a coherent, fascinating picture of the society that created them.It is a rich, panoramic view of how people lived, traveled, worshiped, and conducted their economic and social affairs. The second volume describe the economic foundations of the society and the institutions and social and political structures that characterized the community.
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Binding: TP
Subject Area: Judaism
Book Title: A Mediterranean Society, Volume II: The Jewish Com
Publication Name: A Mediterranean Society: The Jewish Communities of the World
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Length: 8.99
Subject: History
Publication Year: 1999
Type: Textbook
EAN: 9780520221598
Format: Paperback or Softback
ISBN: 0520221591
Language: ENG
Item Height: 1.4
Author: Goitein, S. D.
Personalized: No
Unit Quantity: 1
Item Weight: 1.89
Item Width: 6.05
Number of Pages: 632
