Jews in Islamic countries in the Middle Ages

Product Description This book contains studies on the Jews in Muslim countries in the early Middle Ages, and is based on an extensive use of both Jewish and Muslim mediaeval sources.Jews in Islamic Countries in the Middle Ages has been selected by Choice as Outstanding Academic Title (2005). Review Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2004 About the Author Moshe Gil, Ph.D. (1970) in Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania, is Professor Emeritus of Jewish History at Tel Aviv University. He has published extensively on mediaeval Jewish and Arab history. His publications in English include: Documents of the Jewish Pious Foundations from the Cairo Geniza (Brill, 1976), and A History of Palestine, 634-1099 (Cambridge University Press, 1992).