Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction XII
4. Acknowledgements XXVII
5. Part I Contexts
6. Chapter 1 The Context of Time 3
7. Chapter 2 The Context of Space 29
8. Part II The Community Leaders: Biographies
9. Introduction 53
10. Chapter 1 The Ben Yeshūʿā Family 56
11. Chapter 2 Shelah b. Mubashshir Ben Nahum 91
12. Chapter 3 Abraham b. Jacob al-Darʿī 108
13. Chapter 4 Āraḥ b. Nathan the Seventh (Musāfir b. Wahb) 115
14. Chapter 5 Aaron b. Yeshūʿā the Physician Ibn al-ʿAmmānī 119
15. Chapter 6 Abū Naṣr b. Abraham 130
16. Chapter 7 Meir b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq 140
17. Chapter 8: Eleazar ha-Kohen b. Judah, Saʿd al-Mulk 149
18. Chapter 9 R. Ephraim 156
19. Chapter 10 R. Pinḥas 160
20. Chapter 11 Anatoly b. R. Joseph 169
21. Chapter 12 R. Samuel b. Jacob 178
22. Chapter 13 Isaac the Judge b. Ḥalfon 184
23. Chapter 14 Judah the Teacher b. Aaron the Physician Ibn Al-ʿAmmānī 192
24. Part III Towards a Characterization of the Jewish Leadership in Alexandria
25. Chapter 1 Sources of Power 205
26. Chapter 2 Methods of Governance: Tools and Strategies 227
27. Chapter 3 The Normative Understanding of Governance 264
28. Part IV A Ruling Elite
29. Introduction 277
30. Chapter 1 Common Interests 279
31. Chapter 2 Systems of Training and Sorting 282
32. Chapter 3 A Common Culture 289
33. Chapter 4 Organizational Apparatus and Means of Communication 304
34. Chapter 5 Conclusions 310
35. Bibliography 311
36. Glossary of Terms 326
37. Index 327