Abstract
In the present chapter, I survey the major features of Jewish civil law in the Islamicate world through the fifteenth century - the production of halakhic (Jewish legal) literature, the approaches of the most important sages to the sources of law and other legal principles, and the procedures followed by rabbinic courts. I will also focus on how Islamic law influenced the development of halakhah in the Jewish communities in the Islamicate world.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Cambridge History of Judaism |
| Subtitle of host publication | Volume V: Jews in the Medieval Islamic World |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 728-761 |
| Number of pages | 34 |
| Volume | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781139048873 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780521517171 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jan 2021 |
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