Chapter Five, in Five Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Jews and Others

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword x
4. Acknowledgments xiv
5. Introduction xv
6. Map: al-Jawbarī’s World: The Periphery xxi
7. Map: al-Jawbarī’s World: The Ce xxii
8. Note on the Text xxiii
9. Notes to the Introduction xxvi
10. The Book of Charlatans
11. Introduction 1
12. Chapter One, in Fourteen Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Fake Prophets 9
13. Chapter Two, in Twenty-Four Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Fake Shaykhs and Illusionists27 among the Dervishes, the Shaykhs, and “the Righteous” 20
14. Chapter Three, in Four Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Fire-and-Brimstone Preachers 39
15. Chapter Four, in Five Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Monks 45
16. Chapter Five, in Five Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Jews and Others 51
17. Chapter Six, in Eight Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of the Banū Sāsān 55
18. Chapter Seven, in Two Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Work Solomon’s Ant 66
19. Chapter Eight, in Seven Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Practice War and Bear Arms 78
20. Chapter Nine, in Nine Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of the People of the Kāf, That Is, Alchemy 82
21. Chapter Ten, in Twelve Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Apothecaries 102
22. Chapter Eleven, in Five Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of the People of the Mīm 136 (Who Are Treasure Hunters Who Pretend to Have Access to Hoards of Wealth and Buried Treasure) 108
23. Chapter Twelve, in Nine Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Astrologers Who Ply Their Trade on the Highway 114
24. Chapter Thirteen, in Thirteen Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Spirit Conjurors 129
25. Chapter Fourteen, in Twenty-Two Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of the Doctors Who Practice on the Highways 142
26. Chapter Fifteen, in Six Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Extract Worms from Teeth 156
27. Chapter Sixteen, in One Section: Exposé of the Tricks of Eye Doctors Who Use Metal Instruments 160
28. Chapter Seventeen, in Six Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Dye Horses 161
29. Chapter Eighteen, in Ten Sections: Exposé of Their Tricks; Example: Those Who Dye Humans 164
30. Chapter Nineteen, in Three Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Manipulate Fire and Can Block Its Heat 169
31. Chapter Twenty, in Eight Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Concoct Artificial Foodstuffs 172
32. Chapter Twenty-One, in Five Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Work Knockout Drugs and Stupefacients 176
33. Chapter Twenty-Two, in Six Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Notaries, That Is, of the People Who Draw Up Contracts 180
34. Chapter Twenty-Three, in Eight Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Prestidigitators 183
35. Chapter Twenty-Four, in Eleven Sections: Exposé of Jewelers and Their Fake Products 186
36. Chapter Twenty-Five, in Six Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Money Changers, of Scams They Pull and Scams Pulled on Them 192
37. Chapter Twenty-Six, in One Section: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Creep Up on Beardless Boys at Music and Chanting Performances and Weddings and on Journeys and So On 197
38. Chapter Twenty-Seven, in Thirty-Two Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of “the Masters of the Crafts” 200
39. Chapter Twenty-Eight, in Three Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Sneak Thieves (Thieves Who Enter Houses Unlawfully) 226
40. Chapter Twenty-Nine, in Four Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of the Thieves Who Enter Houses by Making Holes in Walls and Committing Murder 228
41. Chapter Thirty, in Two Sections Exposé of the Tricks of Women, and of Their Cunning, Craftiness, and Duplicity 232
42. Notes 240
43. Glossary of People, Places, and Little-Known Simples 269
44. Bibliography 290
45. Further Reading 296
46. Index 298
47. About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 312
48. About the Editor 313
49. The Library of Arabic Literature 314