Coming of age in medieval Egypt: female adolescence, Jewish law, and ordinary culture
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Technical Notes -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I WOMEN IN A PATRONAGE CULTURE -- CHAPTER 1 The Family -- CHAPTER 2 The Courts and the Law -- PART II UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS -- CHAPTER 3 A Ripened Fig: Age at...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Princeton, New Jersey ;
Princeton University Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jewish woman
/ Egypt
/ Social situation
/ History 969-1250
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| Further subjects: | B
Jewish women-Religious life-Egypt-History-To 1500
B Cairo Genizah B Jewish women-Egypt-Social conditions-To 1500 B Jewish women Egypt Social conditions To 1500 B Electronic books B Jewish women Religious life Egypt History To 1500 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Technical Notes -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I WOMEN IN A PATRONAGE CULTURE -- CHAPTER 1 The Family -- CHAPTER 2 The Courts and the Law -- PART II UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS -- CHAPTER 3 A Ripened Fig: Age at First Marriage -- CHAPTER 4 The Economics of Female Adolescence -- CHAPTER 5 A Virgin in Her Father's House: Modesty, Mobility, and Social Control -- PART III BECOMING A WIFE -- CHAPTER 6 Marriage Choices -- CHAPTER 7 Defining Marriage: Legal Agreements and Their Uses -- CHAPTER 8 In the Marital Household -- CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index of Geniza Documents Cited -- Index of Jewish and Islamic Texts Cited -- General Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (351 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1400887844 |