Abstract
The mind relies on time to make sense of the flow of experience. Human societies develop different ways of creating and marking time. Although systems for reckoning time in any given society are established by people, they are also based on the temporal sequences of nature and on the inner life of the individual. This chapter deals with two systems of time used in the society of the Jews of the medieval Islamic world whose material remains are preserved in the Genizah. It starts with the cycle of life - from an individual’s birth all the way to death. Then, it proceeds to discuss the community’s rhythms of time and the way time structured the annual cycle.
| 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 | 514-539 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Volume | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781139048873 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780521517171 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jan 2021 |
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