This Noble House : Jewish Descendants of King David in the Medieval Islamic East [1 ed.] 9780812206401, 9780812244090

This Noble House: Jewish Descendants of King David in the Medieval Islamic East 9780812206401

This Noble House examines the importance of biblical ancestry—especially the claim of descent from King David—for Jews l

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This House of Noble Deeds: The Mount Sinai Hospital, 1852-2002 9780814705353

On January 15, 1852, nine men representing various Hebrew charitable organizations came together to establish the Jews&#

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The Biblical Saga of King David 9781575066141

The biblical story of King David has been interpreted in many different ways, arising from the variety of methods used i

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In the Footsteps of King David 9780500774205, 9780500052013, 9780500774281

The remarkable excavation of a previously unidentified city in Israel from the time of King David, shedding new light on

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Maimonides and the Merchants: Jewish Law and Society in the Medieval Islamic World 9780812294002

In Maimonides and the Merchants, Mark R. Cohen reveals the extent of pragmatic revisions to the halakha, or body of Jewi

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The Philosopher King In Medieval And Renaissance Jewish Thought 079145567X, 9780791455678

This original treatment of medieval and Renaissance Jewish thinkers expands the scope of Jewish philosophy and adds new

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Burn This House: The Making and Unmaking of Yugoslavia 9780822380917

An account of the rise and fall of Yugoslavia by the people who live there. The pieces have been written by the people p

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Narrative Ethics in the Hebrew Bible: Moral Dilemmas in the Story of King David 9780567699657, 9780567699640

How can the stories of the Hebrew Bible can be read for their ethical value? Eryl W. Davies uses the narratives of King

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East-West Relations in the Islamic Mediterranean in the Early Eleventh Century: A Study in the Geniza Correspondence of the House of Ibn 'Awkal

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Medieval Islamic Sectarianism 9781641890830

This book asks readers to re-examine their view of the Islamic world and the development of sectarianism in the Middle E

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