Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen - Rilegato

Wagner, Mark S.

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ISBN 10: 0253014824 ISBN 13: 9780253014825

Casa editrice: Indiana Univ Pr, 2014

Riassunto

In early 20th-century Yemen, a sizable Jewish population was subject to sumptuary laws and social restrictions. Jews regularly came into contact with Islamic courts and Muslim jurists, by choice and by necessity, became embroiled in the most intimate details of their Jewish neighbors’ lives. Mark S. Wagner draws on autobiographical writings to study the careers of three Jewish intermediaries who used their knowledge of Islamic law to manipulate the shari‘a for their own benefit and for the good of their community. The result is a fresh perspective on the place of religious minorities in Muslim societies.

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L'autore:

Mark S. Wagner is Associate Professor of Arabic at Louisiana State University and author of Like Joseph in Beauty: Yemeni Vernacular Poetry and Arab-Jewish Symbiosis.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Indiana Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0253014824
• ISBN 13: 9780253014825
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 208