He Said, She Said
A Woman Teacher in Twelfth-Century Cairo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7207997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Renée Levine Melammed (0000-0001-8687-6772, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-35 |
| Publication date | 1997-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AJS Review The Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0364-0094 • E-ISSN: 1475-4541 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0364009400009211 |
| OpenAlex | W2099865335 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
Rabbinic responsa can at times furnish an entree into the private and public lives of individuals involved with the judicial system. The case under discussion provides an in-depth portrait of a marriage in twelfth-century Cairo and of a woman's life–in this instance, a woman struggling to maneuver within the strictures of Jewish law and contemporary Judeo-Arabic society.1 The original Judeo-Arabic of the two responsa under discussion, as well as the Hebrew translations, are, no doubt, well known to Judeo-Arabic, Geniza, and Maimonidean scholars alike, as are the basic details to some English readers. Nevertheless, the case is certainly worthy of a separate study of the text in conjunction with a detailed analysis
Arabic · Art · Art history · Conjunction (astronomy · Genizah · Hebrew · Judaism · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Portrait · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2012 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |