Related Worlds - Studies in Jewish and Arab Ancient and Early Medieval History

Moshe Gil

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781138375567
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000939132
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

An element common to all the articles collected here is the attempt to make parallel use of sources from different cultures - Biblical and Talmudic Hebrew, Greek and Latin, Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic - comparing these different but complementary sources in the investigation of topics in Jewish and Arabic history. In the first studies Professor Gil deals primarily with the Roman and Byzantine periods, elucidating how a Biblical term was understood, the historical significance of passages from the Mishna, and the origins of the Book of Enoch. The next group is concerned with the history of early Islam, during the years in which the Prophet Muhammad lived and worked, and later traditions of this period. The final studies are based specifically on sources from the Cairo Geniza, and examine a term of Greek origin and questions of taxation and commerce.

Table of contents

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• Preface
• I The Lūlīm of the Temple First published in Hebrew as "Ha-lūlīm she-be-vēt-ha-miqdāsh ", in Beit Mikra, 17. Jerusalem, 1971/2, pp. 297-30
• II Yōḥān the High Priest and the Priestly Gifts First published in Hebrew as “Yōḥānān Kohen Godol ū-mattenōt ha-kehūnā", in Lěšonénu, 52. Jerusalem, 1987/8,pp. 157-16
• III If a Man Sold a Courtyard... First published in Hebrew as “Ha-mokhēr et he-ḥāṣēr”, in Tarbiz, 46. Jerusalem, 1976/7, pp. 17—2
• IV The Ethiopic Book of Enoch Reconsidered First published in Hebrew as “lyyūnīm be-sefer hanōkh ”, in Dōr le-dōr, J. Efron Presentation Volume, ed. A. Kosher and A. Oppenheimer. Tel Aviv, 1995, pp. 155-20
• V Mesīqīn First published in Hebrew in Cathedra, 105. Jerusalem, 2002, pp. 33—4
• VI The Medinan Opposition to the Prophet Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, 10. Jerusalem, 198
• VII The Creed of Abū cĀmir Israel Oriental Studies, 12. Leiden, 199
• VIII The Story of Baḥīrā and Its Jewish Versions First published in Hebrew as "Ma casē Baḥīrā we-girsā 'ōtāw ha-yehūdiyōt”, in Ḥiqrē ceēer wa-carāv, Hebrew and Arabic Studies, J. Blau Presentation Volume, ed. H. Ben-Shammai. Tel Aviv, 1993, pp. 193-21
• IX The Earliest Waqf Foundations Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 57. Chicago, 199
• X Religion and Realities in Islamic Taxation Israel Oriental Studies, 10. Tel-Aviv University, 198
• XI Maintenance, Building Operations, and Repairs in the Houses of the Qōdesh in Fustat: A Geniza Study Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 14. Leiden, 197
• XII The Term aqōlīthōs in Medieval Jewish Deeds Journal of Near Eastern Studies 32. Chicago, 197
• XIII Supplies of Oil in Medieval Egypt: A Geniza Study Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 34. Chicago, 197
• XIV References to Silk in Geniza Documents of the Eleventh Century A.D. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 61. Chicago, 200
• Index