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Letters Of Medieval Jewish Traders
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Author : S. D. Goitein
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-03-08
Letters Of Medieval Jewish Traders written by S. D. Goitein and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-08 with Travel categories.
Modern international business has its origins in the overseas trade of the Middle Ages. Of the various communities active in trade in the Islamic countries at that time, records of only the Jewish community survive. Thousands of documents were preserved in the Cairo Geniza, a lumber room attached to the synagogue where discarded writings containing the name of God were deposited to preserve them from desecration. From them Professor Goitein has selected eighty letters that provide a fascinating glimpse into the world of the medieval Jewish traders. As the letters vividly illustrate, international trade depended on a network of personal relationships and mutual confidence. Organization was largely through partnerships, based usually on ties of common religion but often reinforced by family connections. Sometimes the partners of Jews were Christians or Muslims, and the letters show these merchants working together in greater harmony than has been thought, even in partnerships that lasted through generations. The services rendered to a friend or partner and those expected from him were great, and the book opens with an angry letter from a merchant who believed he had been let down by his friend. The life of a trader was full of dangers, as the letter describing a shipwreck illustrates, and put great strain on personal relationships. One of the most moving letters is that written to his wife by a man absent in India for many years while endeavoring to make the family's fortunes. Although never ceasing to love her and longing to be with her, he offers to divorce her if she feels she can wait for him no longer. A decisive event in the life of the great Jewish philosopher, Moses Maimonides, was the death of his brother David, who drowned in the Indian Ocean. Printed here is the last letter David wrote, describing his safe crossing of the desert and announcing his intention to go on to India, against his brother's instructions. Professor Goitein has provided an introduction and notes for each letter, and a general introduction describing the social and spiritual world of the writers, the organization of overseas trade in the Middle Ages, and the goods traded. The letters demonstrate that although it reached from Spain to India, the traders' world was a cohesive one through which these men could move freely and always feel at home. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Letters Of Medieval Jewish Traders
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Author : Friedrich Goiṭain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Letters Of Medieval Jewish Traders written by Friedrich Goiṭain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with categories.
India Traders Of The Middle Ages
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Author : Shelomo Dov Goitein
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008
India Traders Of The Middle Ages written by Shelomo Dov Goitein and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
The annotated and translated letters of 11th-12th century traders of the Jewish Indian Ocean, found in the Cairo Geniza, provide fascinating information on commerce between the Far East, Yemen and the Mediterranean, medieval material, social, and spiritual civilization among Jews and Arabs, and Judeo-Arabic.
Trade And Institutions In The Medieval Mediterranean
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Author : Jessica L. Goldberg
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-08-23
Trade And Institutions In The Medieval Mediterranean written by Jessica L. Goldberg and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-23 with Business & Economics categories.
The Geniza merchants of the eleventh-century Mediterranean - sometimes called the 'Maghribi traders' - are central to controversies about the origins of long-term economic growth and the institutional bases of trade. In this book, Jessica Goldberg reconstructs the business world of the Geniza merchants, maps the shifting geographic relationships of the medieval Islamic economy and sheds new light on debates about the institutional framework for later European dominance. Commercial letters, business accounts and courtroom testimony bring to life how these medieval traders used personal gossip and legal mechanisms to manage far-flung agents, switched business strategies to manage political risks and asserted different parts of their fluid identities to gain advantage in the multicultural medieval trading world. This book paints a vivid picture of the everyday life of Jewish merchants in Islamic societies and adds new depth to debates about medieval trading institutions with unique quantitative analyses and innovative approaches.
The Jews And The Mediterranean Economy 10th 15th Centuries
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Author : Eliyahu Ashtor
language : en
Publisher: Variorum Publishing
Release Date : 1983
The Jews And The Mediterranean Economy 10th 15th Centuries written by Eliyahu Ashtor and has been published by Variorum Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
India Traders Of The Middle Ages
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Author : Shelomoh Dov Goiṭain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
India Traders Of The Middle Ages written by Shelomoh Dov Goiṭain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
When Asia Was The World
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Author : Stewart Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2007-12-04
When Asia Was The World written by Stewart Gordon and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-04 with History categories.
While European civilization stagnated in the "Dark Ages," Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of spiritual, commercial, and intellectual connections, the distant regions of Asia's vast civilization, from Arabia to China, hummed with trade, international diplomacy, and the exchange of ideas. Stewart Gordon has fashioned a compelling and unique look at Asia from AD 700 to 1500-a time when Asia was the world-by relating the personal journeys of Asia's many travelers.
Living Letters Of The Law
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Author : Jeremy Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1999-11-11
Living Letters Of The Law written by Jeremy Cohen and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-11-11 with Religion categories.
In Living Letters of the Law, Jeremy Cohen investigates the images of Jews and Judaism in the works of medieval Christian theologians from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas. He reveals how—and why—medieval Christianity fashioned a Jew on the basis of its reading of the Bible, and how this hermeneutically crafted Jew assumed distinctive character and power in Christian thought and culture. Augustine's doctrine of Jewish witness, which constructed the Jews so as to mandate their survival in a properly ordered Christian world, is the starting point for this illuminating study. Cohen demonstrates how adaptations of this doctrine reflected change in the self-consciousness of early medieval civilization. After exploring the effect of twelfth-century Europe's encounter with Islam on the value of Augustine's Jewish witnesses, he concludes with a new assessment of the reception of Augustine's ideas among thirteenth-century popes and friars. Consistently linking the medieval idea of the Jew with broader issues of textual criticism, anthropology, and the philosophy of history, this book demonstrates the complex significance of Christianity's "hermeneutical Jew" not only in the history of antisemitism but also in the broad scope of Western intellectual history.
A Mediterranean Society
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Author : Shelomo Dov Goitein
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1999
A Mediterranean Society written by Shelomo Dov Goitein and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Cairo Genizah categories.
S.D. Goitein's five-volume work on Jewish communities in the medieval Mediterranean world has been abridged and reworked into this volume that captures the essential narratives and contexts.
Jewish Self Government In Medieval Egypt
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Author : Mark R. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14
Jewish Self Government In Medieval Egypt written by Mark R. Cohen and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Religion categories.
Under three successive Islamic dynasties--the Fatimids, the Ayyubids, and the Mamluks--the Egyptian Office of the Head of the Jews (also known as the Nagid) became the most powerful representative of medieval Jewish autonomy in the Islamic world. To determine the origins of this institution, Mark Cohen concentrates on the complex web of internal and external circumstances during the latter part of the eleventh century. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.