Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. “Sharīf of the Jewish Nation”: Reconceptualizing the House of David in the Islamic East 34
6. Chapter 2. “The Truth of the Pedigree”: Documenting Origins and the Public Performance of Lineage 68
7. Chapter 3. Ancestry as Authority: Lineage and Power in Near Eastern Jewish Society 107
8. Chapter 4. “Designated in the Past and for the Future”: Davidic Dynasts and Medieval Messianic Anticipation 131
9. Chapter 5. “The Sharīf of Every People Is Well-Born”: Genealogy and the Legitimization of Minority Culture 163
10. Conclusion 179
11. Appendix A. Halper 462: Transcription and Translation 185
12. Appendix B. A Tentative List of Davidic Dynasts Datable between ca. 950 and ca. 1450 189
13. Abbreviations 207
14. Notes 209
15. Bibliography 253
16. Index of Manuscript Sources 277
17. Index 285
18. Acknowledgments 295