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A Mediterranean Society, Volume IV - The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Daily Life (Paperback, New edition)
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A Mediterranean Society, Volume IV - The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Daily Life (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Near Eastern Center, UCLA, 6
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This six-volume 'portrait of a Mediterranean personality' is a
composite portrait of the individuals who wrote the personal
letters, contracts, and all other manuscript fragments that found
their way into the Cairo Geniza. Most of the fragments from the
Geniza, a storeroom for discarded writings that could not be thrown
away because they might contain the name of God, had been removed
to Cambridge University Library and other libraries around the
world. Professor Goitein devoted the last thirty years of his long
and productive life to their study, deciphering the language of the
documents and organizing what he called a 'marvelous treasure trove
of manuscripts' into a coherent, fascinating picture of the society
that created them. It is a rich, panoramic view of how people
lived, traveled, worshiped, and conducted their economic and social
affairs. The first and second volumes describe the economic
foundations of the society and the institutions and social and
political structures that characterized the community. The
remaining material, intended for a single volume describing the
particulars of the way people lived, blossomed into three volumes,
devoted respectively to the family, daily life, and the individual.
The divisions are arbitrary but helpful because of the wealth of
information. The author refers throughout to other passages in his
monumental work that amplify what is discussed in any particular
section. The result is an incomparably clear and immediate
impression of how it was in the Mediterranean world of the tenth
through the thirteenth century. Volume IV, subtitled "Daily Life",
details city life, domestic architecture, furnishings and
housewares, clothing and jewelry, food and drink, and other
material culture.
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