Mediterranean Society, an Abridgment in One Volume

Name: Mediterranean Society, an Abridgment in One Volume
Price: 5.97 USD
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ISBN: 9780520240599

ISBN-10: 0520240596

ISBN-13: 9780520240599

Edition: 2001

Authors: S. D. Goitein, Jacob Lassner

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S. D. Goitein's magisterial five-volume work on Jewish communities in the medieval Mediterranean world offers an unparalleled view of how people lived, traveled, worshiped, and conducted their economic and social affairs. Living under Muslim rule, the Jews became increasingly urbanized and played a significant part in an expanding world economy. As major actors in the flourishing intellectual life of the period, they forged much of what constitutes traditional Judaism today and served as a conduit of Islamic learning to the Christian West. Goitein's masterpiece is now abridged and reworked by Jacob Lassner in a single volume that captures the essential narratives and contexts of the…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Jacob Lassner is the Phillip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor Emeritus of Jewish Civilization and professor of history and religion at Northwestern University.