Phillip I. Ackerman-Lieberman is Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Law, and Affiliated Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and History at Vanderbilt University.
"Ackerman-Lieberman's principle innovation is to look closely at
legal documents as evidence for the legal principles by which
merchants organized their partnerships . . . [This] book offers an
important historiographical intervention in Geniza studies and
medieval economic history. For legal historians, his approach is
most useful as an interrogation into the models that often
implicitly shape our understanding of the relationship among
different legal orders and legal practices that coexisted in
legally pluralist environments."
*Law and History Review*
"This combination of intricate legal history and far-reaching
historiographical considerations makes an important contribution to
Genizah studies, economic history, and the study of religious
minorities."
*Association of Jewish Libraries*
"In this deeply learned study of medieval Egypt, Phillip
Ackerman-Lieberman details the ways in which Jews immersed
themselves in Muslim culture and institutions, not to create a
symbiosis of Judaism and Islam, but to forge a particular and
nuanced minority identity as Jews. This is a landmark book,
challenging prevalent misconceptions about Jewish history and
offering remarkably original insights into the formation of
minority cultures."
*Dartmouth College*
"[A] significant achievement: an expansive alternative vision of
Jewish life in a medieval Muslim society.The prose is virtually
flawless and often eloquent...the document editions and
translations will be useful to many, sparking interest and further
discussion."
*Speculum*
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