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_aGoitein, S. D. _eautore |
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_aLetters of Medieval Jewish Traders / _cS. D. Goitein. |
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_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2015] |
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| 264 | 4 | _c1974 | |
| 300 | _a1 online resource (384 p.) | ||
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_tFrontmatter -- _tPreface -- _tContents -- _tAuthor's Note -- _tAbbreviations -- _tCHAPTER I. Introduction -- _tCHAPTER II. Geographical Setting -- _tCHAPTER III. The Eleventh Century -- _tCHAPTER IV. Merchant-Banker, Scholar, and Communal Leader -- _tCHAPTER V. The India Traders -- _tCHAPTER VI. Twelfth Century and Later -- _tCHAPTER VII. Accounts -- _tCHAPTER VIII. Travel and Transport -- _tList of Geniza Texts Translated -- _tIndex -- _tLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data |
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| 520 | _aModern 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. | ||
| 538 | _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. | ||
| 546 | _aIn English. | ||
| 588 | 0 | _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Nov 2024) | |
| 650 | 0 | _aCairo Genizah. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aComerciantes judíos. | |
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_aComercio _xHistoria. |
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_aCommerce _xHistoire _xSources. |
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_aCommerce _xHistory _yMedieval, 500-1500 _vSources. |
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_aCommerce _xHistory _yMedieval, 500-1500 _xSources. |
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_aCommerce _xMedieval. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aGénizah du Caire. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aJewish letters. | |
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_aJewish merchants _zMiddle East _vCorrespondence. |
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_aJewish merchants _zMiddle East _xCorrespondence. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aJewish merchants. | |
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_aJews _zMiddle East _xHistory _vSources. |
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_aJews _zMiddle East _xHistory _xSources. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aJews. | |
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_aJudíos _xLenguas. |
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_aJuifs _xLevant _xHistoire _xSources. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aLettres (Genre littéraire) juives. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aMarchands juifs. | |
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| 653 | _aAbbasid Caliphate. | ||
| 653 | _aAl-Muwaffaq. | ||
| 653 | _aAlmohad Caliphate. | ||
| 653 | _aAlmoner. | ||
| 653 | _aArabic literature. | ||
| 653 | _aArabic name. | ||
| 653 | _aArabic script. | ||
| 653 | _aAyyubid dynasty. | ||
| 653 | _aBedouin. | ||
| 653 | _aBerakhot (Talmud). | ||
| 653 | _aBill of lading. | ||
| 653 | _aBodleian Library. | ||
| 653 | _aBuyid dynasty. | ||
| 653 | _aCairo Geniza. | ||
| 653 | _aDinar. | ||
| 653 | _aEpistle to Yemen. | ||
| 653 | _aFatimid Caliphate. | ||
| 653 | _aFreedman. | ||
| 653 | _aFustat. | ||
| 653 | _aGod Knows (novel). | ||
| 653 | _aHajj. | ||
| 653 | _aHebrew alphabet. | ||
| 653 | _aHebrew calendar. | ||
| 653 | _aHebrew language. | ||
| 653 | _aHebrew literature. | ||
| 653 | _aHebrew name. | ||
| 653 | _aIfriqiya. | ||
| 653 | _aIndia paper. | ||
| 653 | _aIslam. | ||
| 653 | _aIslamic–Jewish relations. | ||
| 653 | _aJapheth. | ||
| 653 | _aJewish education. | ||
| 653 | _aJewish history. | ||
| 653 | _aJewish literature. | ||
| 653 | _aJewish name. | ||
| 653 | _aJews. | ||
| 653 | _aJoseph Schacht. | ||
| 653 | _aJoseph ibn Migash. | ||
| 653 | _aJudea (Roman province). | ||
| 653 | _aKohen. | ||
| 653 | _aKunya (Arabic). | ||
| 653 | _aMaghrebi Jews. | ||
| 653 | _aMaimonides. | ||
| 653 | _aMedieval Latin. | ||
| 653 | _aMiddle East. | ||
| 653 | _aMishnah. | ||
| 653 | _aMithqal. | ||
| 653 | _aMuhammad. | ||
| 653 | _aMuslim. | ||
| 653 | _aNagid. | ||
| 653 | _aPalestinians. | ||
| 653 | _aParchment. | ||
| 653 | _aPassover. | ||
| 653 | _aPayment. | ||
| 653 | _aPersian Jews. | ||
| 653 | _aQadi. | ||
| 653 | _aRabbi. | ||
| 653 | _aRamadan. | ||
| 653 | _aRosh Hashanah. | ||
| 653 | _aSayyid. | ||
| 653 | _aSharia. | ||
| 653 | _aSolomon Schechter. | ||
| 653 | _aTalmud. | ||
| 653 | _aTammuz (Hebrew month). | ||
| 653 | _aTorah scroll. | ||
| 653 | _aTunisia. | ||
| 653 | _aVizier. | ||
| 653 | _aWriting. | ||
| 653 | _aYemenite Jews. | ||
| 653 | _aYeshiva. | ||
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