Judeo-Arabic Studies (Studies in Muslim-Jewish Relations)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: November 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9789057020827
Subjects: Counselling; Language & Linguistics; Psychotherapy; Religion; Religion - Biblical Studies; Hebrew; Arabic; Biblical Studies - General; Religion / General; General
First sentence: In the period with which this paper is concerned, the ninth through the eleventh centuries of the Common Era, the Jewish people's leadership was marked by two outstanding phenomena; on the one hand the power wielded by the centers in Eretz Israel and Babylonia was still strong; on the other hand, however, the local communities in the Diaspora were beginning to rise to prominence.