Jews and Islamic law in early 20th-century Yemen / Mark S. Wagner.
2015
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Author
Title
Jews and Islamic law in early 20th-century Yemen / Mark S. Wagner.
Published
Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Call Number
DS135.Y4 W34 2015
ISBN
9780253014825 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253014824 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253014870 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253014875 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780253014924 (ebook)
0253014921 (ebook)
0253014824 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253014870 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253014875 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780253014924 (ebook)
0253014921 (ebook)
Description
xi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)869265339
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Note on Transliteration
xi
Introduction
1
1.
The Islamic Judicial System and the Jews
16
2.
Changing God's Law
38
3.
Muslim Jews and Jewish Muslims
63
4.
Concord and Conflict in Economic Life
96
5.
Intercommunal Violence and the Shari'a
124
Conclusion
151
Notes
157
Bibliography
189
Index
201