Shelomo Dov Goitein's Books

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.

One of the best comprehensive histories of a culture in this century."--Amos Funkenstein, Stanford University

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.

One of the best comprehensive histories of a culture in this century."--Amos Funkenstein, Stanford University

The India trade in Oriental spices, pharmaceutical, dyeing and other materials was the backbone of medieval economy, especially in the Islamic world. A unique source of documentation is now available in 11th-12th century Geniza letters, written in Judeo-Arabic (Middle Arabic in Hebrew characters), by participants in this activity. The documents are presented in translation with an introduction and notes. They deal with economic history and material, social, and spiritual civilization. Besides illuminating the activities of the Jewish traders of the Indian Ocean and their families in the territories from the Far East to southern Arabia and Egypt, the letters contain valuable information on Jewish and Islamic culture, relations between Jews and Arabs, Mediterranean culture, and Judeo-Arabic.

One of the best comprehensive histories of a culture in this century."--Amos Funkenstein, Stanford University

Goitein s selection of studies dealing with Islamic institutions and social history offers a general introduction to Islamic civilization by one who lived all his life with Islam. His fruit of specialized research gives a rounded view of important aspects of Islamic civilization and provides the student with an opportunity to acquaint himself not only with the results of research, but also with the methods by which they were obtained. With a new foreword by Norman A. Stillman

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.

Book's by Shelomo Dov Goitein

A Mediterranean Society

A Mediterranean Society

A Mediterranean Society

A Mediterranean Society

A Mediterranean Society

A Mediterranean Society

A Mediterranean Society

A Mediterranean Society

India Traders of the Middle Ages

India Traders of the Middle Ages

A Mediterranean Society

A Mediterranean Society

Studies in Islamic History and Institutions

Studies in Islamic History and Institutions

India Traders of the Middle Ages

India Traders of the Middle Ages

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