Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations and Maps viii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Note on Transliteration, Transcription, and Citations xiii
6. Introduction xv
7. Abbreviations xxxv
8. Part I: The Shape of the Jewish Community
9. 1. The Tripartite Community 3
10. 2. Jewish Book Culture in the Tenth Century 36
11. 3. The Limits of Communal Autonomy 67
12. Part II: Rabbanites, Qaraites, and the Politics of Leadership
13. 4. Qaraites and the Politics of Powerlessness 111
14. 5. “Nothing but Kindness, Benefit, and Loyalty”: Qaraites and the Ge'onim of Baghdad 134
15. 6. “Under the Authority of God and All Israel”: Qaraites and the Ge'onim of Jerusalem 156
16. 7. “Glory of the Two Parties”: Petitions to Qaraite Courtiers 176
17. 8. The Affair of the Ban of Excommunication in 1029 200
18. Part III: Scholastic Loyalty and Its Limits
19. 9. Rabbanite-Qaraite Marriages 239
20. 10. In the Courts: Legal Reciprocity 266
21. Part IV: The Origins of Territorial Governance
22. 11. Avignon in Ramla: The Schism of 1038–42 291
23. 12. The Tripartite Community and the First Crusade 323
24. Epilogue: Toward a History of Jewish Heresy 347
25. Glossary 357
26. Guide to Places and People 361
27. Manuscript Sources 365
28. Bibliography 395
29. Index 417