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PublisherIndiana University Press

ISBN-100253014875

ISBN-139780253014870

eBay Product ID (ePID)201634093

Product Key Features

Number of Pages220 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameJews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen

Publication Year2014

SubjectMiddle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Judaism / General, Islam / General, Legal History, Jewish, Jewish Studies

TypeTextbook

AuthorMark S. Wagner, Sarah Abrevaya Stein

Subject AreaLaw, Religion, Social Science, History

SeriesSephardi and Mizrahi Studies

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight11.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2014-014186

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"[A]rticulate[s] brilliantly the complexity of Jewish-Muslim interaction through a series of fascinating and hitherto unexplored court cases and scholars. Wagner convincingly illustrates that these two religious communities were far from being mutually exclusive, but rather were enmeshed in each other's lives in the most remarkable and unexpected ways, and in a real sense mutually constitutive." --Bernard Haykel, Princeton University, "A highly readable and intriguing work.... Wagner brings to life individuals whose personal records give us an entrée into a world that is no more." -Lawrence Rosen, Princeton University, "In beautiful prose, Mark Wagner explores the complex contours of Yemen's shari'a-based juridical system, considering how individual Yemeni Jewish women and men navigated this legal order and the larger social orbit of Yemeni society. Moving ably between Arabic and Hebrew sources, and between rich case studies and weighty conceptual questions, Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen will be prized by scholars of Jewish Studies and Middle East Studies alike for its erudition, clarity, and originality." --Sarah Abrevaya Stein, UCLA, "In beautiful prose, Mark Wagner explores the complex contours of Yemen's shari'a-based juridical system, considering how individual Yemeni Jewish women and men navigated this legal order and the larger social orbit of Yemeni society. Moving ably between Arabic and Hebrew sources, and between rich case studies and weighty conceptual questions, Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen will be prized by scholars of Jewish Studies and Middle East Studies alike for its erudition, clarity, and originality."--Sarah Abrevaya Stein, UCLA "[A]rticulate[s] brilliantly the complexity of Jewish-Muslim interaction through a series of fascinating and hitherto unexplored court cases and scholars. Wagner convincingly illustrates that these two religious communities were far from being mutually exclusive, but rather were enmeshed in each other's lives in the most remarkable and unexpected ways, and in a real sense mutually constitutive."--Bernard Haykel, Princeton University "A highly readable and intriguing work. . . . Wagner brings to life individuals whose personal records give us an entrée into a world that is no more."--Lawrence Rosen, Princeton University "This book offers an important contribution to the understanding of Jewish-Muslim relations under the shari'a , and to the study of Yemeni Jews."-- Journal of Modern Jewish Studies "This book is broad and interesting and opens a new window for the study of the legal status of the Jews of Yemen in the twentieth century. "-- Journal of the American Oriental Society "Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen . . . is a monograph that draws on literature studies, Islamic legal studies, history and anthropology. Students and scholars from all these fields as well as Yemeni studies in general will find this a rich and well written book."-- Arabian Humanities "Mark S. Wagner has made an important and original contribution to the growing body of adaemic studies on Yemenite Jewish history and culture. . . Although the book's theme is how Jews negotiated life in a traditional Muslim society in which the Sharia was theoretically the overarching governing framework, Wagner also offers fascinating insights into the complexities of daily social, economic, and political life in Yemen."-- AJS Reviews "A fascinating study indispensable to students and libraries interested in the tentative relationship between Muslims and Jews in the Middle East."-- AJL Reviews "During the early twentieth century, Yemeni Jews operated within a legal structure that defined them as dhimmi, that is, non-Muslims living as a protected population under the sovereignty of an Islamic state . . . Wagner's work deepens our understanding of Muslim-Jewish relations in Yemen and the place of non-Muslims in Islamic law in general.6/20/15"-- New Books in Jewish Studies, Mark S. Wagner has made an important and original contribution to the growing body of adaemic studies on Yemenite Jewish history and culture. . . Although the book's theme is how Jews negotiated life in a traditional Muslim society in which the Sharia was theoretically the overarching governing framework, Wagner also offers fascinating insights into the complexities of daily social, economic, and political life in Yemen., During the early twentieth century, Yemeni Jews operated within a legal structure that defined them as dhimmi, that is, non-Muslims living as a protected population under the sovereignty of an Islamic state . . . Wagner's work deepens our understanding of Muslim-Jewish relations in Yemen and the place of non-Muslims in Islamic law in general.6/20/15, "A fascinating study indispensable to students and libraries interested in the tentative relationship between Muslims and Jews in the Middle East." --AJL Reviews, "During the early twentieth century, Yemeni Jews operated within a legal structure that defined them as dhimmi, that is, non-Muslims living as a protected population under the sovereignty of an Islamic state... Wagner's work deepens our understanding of Muslim-Jewish relations in Yemen and the place of non-Muslims in Islamic law in general." --New Books in Jewish Studies, Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen . . . is a monograph that draws on literature studies, Islamic legal studies, history and anthropology. Students and scholars from all these fields as well as Yemeni studies in general will find this a rich and well written book.

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal342.53308/5269

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. The Islamic Judicial System and the Jews 2. Changing God's Law 3. Muslim Jews and Jewish Muslims 4. Concord and Conflict in Economic Life 5. Intercommunal Violence and the Shari'a Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisIn 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.

LC Classification NumberDS135.Y4W34 2015