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11The Jews in Medieval Egypt under the Mamluks (1250–1517)AMIR MAZORWhen Obadiah of Bertinoro, the famous commentator on the Mishnah, visited Cairo in February 1488, he mentioned that “the custom of the Jews is always to represent themselves as poor in the country of the Arabs; they go about as beggars, humbling themselves before the Arabs; they are not char-itable towards one another.”1 This and other gloomy observations by travel-ers who visited Egypt and the Holy Land at that time are usually quoted by modern historians in order to illustrate the severe deterioration in the situation of the Jews in Egypt towards the end of the Mamluk period. Indeed, it is widely accepted among scholars that the Mamluk period witnessed a significant decline in the circumstances of the Jews in Egypt and Syria, and in Mamluk Islamicate society in general.2 Recently, a few stud-ies have tried to challenge this thesis.3 However, as all historical sources indicate, the Mamluk period does mark deterioration in almost in every aspect 1E. N. Adler, ed., Jewish Travelers: A Treasury of Travelogues from Nine Centuries (New York: Hermon Press, 1966), 227–8.2See, for instance, Eliyahu Ashtor and Reuven Amitai, “Mamluks,” Enyclopedia Judaica, 2nd edition, vol. 13, 438–41; Norman A. Stillman, TheJews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1979), 67–75. 3Nathan Hofer, “The Ideology of Decline and the Jews of Ayyubid and Mamluk Syria,” in Muslim-Jewish Relations in the Middle Islamic Period: Jews in the Ayyubid and Mamluk Sultanates (1171–1517), ed. Stephan Conermann (Göttingen: V & R Unipress, 2017), 95–120, and see the references at 97, note 8.
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11The Jews in Medieval Egypt under the Mamluks (1250–1517)AMIR MAZORWhen Obadiah of Bertinoro, the famous commentator on the Mishnah, visited Cairo in February 1488, he mentioned that “the custom of the Jews is always to represent themselves as poor in the country of the Arabs; they go about as beggars, humbling themselves before the Arabs; they are not char-itable towards one another.”1 This and other gloomy observations by travel-ers who visited Egypt and the Holy Land at that time are usually quoted by modern historians in order to illustrate the severe deterioration in the situation of the Jews in Egypt towards the end of the Mamluk period. Indeed, it is widely accepted among scholars that the Mamluk period witnessed a significant decline in the circumstances of the Jews in Egypt and Syria, and in Mamluk Islamicate society in general.2 Recently, a few stud-ies have tried to challenge this thesis.3 However, as all historical sources indicate, the Mamluk period does mark deterioration in almost in every aspect 1E. N. Adler, ed., Jewish Travelers: A Treasury of Travelogues from Nine Centuries (New York: Hermon Press, 1966), 227–8.2See, for instance, Eliyahu Ashtor and Reuven Amitai, “Mamluks,” Enyclopedia Judaica, 2nd edition, vol. 13, 438–41; Norman A. Stillman, TheJews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1979), 67–75. 3Nathan Hofer, “The Ideology of Decline and the Jews of Ayyubid and Mamluk Syria,” in Muslim-Jewish Relations in the Middle Islamic Period: Jews in the Ayyubid and Mamluk Sultanates (1171–1517), ed. Stephan Conermann (Göttingen: V & R Unipress, 2017), 95–120, and see the references at 97, note 8.
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  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction vi
  4. 1 Between the Hellenistic World and the Cairo Genizah: The Jewish Community in Late Antique Egypt 1
  5. 2 A Concise History of Islamic Egypt 22
  6. 3 The Community’s Borders; Converts and Renegades 47
  7. 4 Communal Self-Government: The Genizah Period 72
  8. 5 Introduction to the Legal Arena 86
  9. 6 Jewish Economic Life in Medieval Egypt: Images, Theories, and Research 124
  10. 7 Jewish Family Life in Medieval Egypt 146
  11. 8 Situating Egyptian Pietism 175
  12. 9 Languages and Language Varieties Used by Medieval Egyptian Jews 191
  13. 10 Hebrew Poetry in Medieval Egypt 209
  14. 11 The Jews in Medieval Egypt under the Mamluks (1250–1517) 244
  15. Bibliography 269
  16. Index 301
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Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction vi
  4. 1 Between the Hellenistic World and the Cairo Genizah: The Jewish Community in Late Antique Egypt 1
  5. 2 A Concise History of Islamic Egypt 22
  6. 3 The Community’s Borders; Converts and Renegades 47
  7. 4 Communal Self-Government: The Genizah Period 72
  8. 5 Introduction to the Legal Arena 86
  9. 6 Jewish Economic Life in Medieval Egypt: Images, Theories, and Research 124
  10. 7 Jewish Family Life in Medieval Egypt 146
  11. 8 Situating Egyptian Pietism 175
  12. 9 Languages and Language Varieties Used by Medieval Egyptian Jews 191
  13. 10 Hebrew Poetry in Medieval Egypt 209
  14. 11 The Jews in Medieval Egypt under the Mamluks (1250–1517) 244
  15. Bibliography 269
  16. Index 301
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