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    Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt

    Mark R. Cohen

    What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and individuals who gave relief to the…

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    The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza

    Mark R. Cohen

    A companion to Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt , this book contains the voices of the poor themselves, found in documents heretofore largely ignored. It…

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    Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt: The Origins of the Office of the Head of the Jews, ca. 1065-1126

    Mark R. Cohen

    Under three successive Islamic dynasties–the Fatimids, the Ayyubids, and the Mamluks–the Egyptian Office of the Head of the Jews (also known as the Nagid) became the most powerful representative of…

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    Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages

    Mark R. Cohen

    Did Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages cohabit in a peaceful interfaith utopia ? Or were Jews under Muslim rule persecuted, much as they were in Christian lands? Rejecting…

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    Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt: The Origins of the Office of the Head of the Jews, ca. 1065-1126

    Mark R. Cohen

    Under three successive Islamic dynasties–the Fatimids, the Ayyubids, and the Mamluks–the Egyptian Office of the Head of the Jews (also known as the Nagid) became the most powerful representative of…

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    Maimonides and the Merchants: Jewish Law and Society in the Medieval Islamic World

    Mark R. Cohen

    In Maimonides and the Merchants, Mark R. Cohen reveals the extent of pragmatic revisions to the halakha, or body of Jewish law, introduced by Moses Maimonides in his Mishneh Torah…

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    A shocking, detailed account of present-day war as told by an Israeli commando officer The persona of the Israeli officer who strives for absolute victory is well reflected in Capt…

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    Jews, Christians and Muslims in Medieval and Early Modern Times: A Festschrift in Honor of Mark R. Cohen

    This volume brings together articles on various aspects of cultural, religious, social and commercial interactions between Jews, Christians and Muslims in the medieval and early modern periods.

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    The Jews of Islam: Updated Edition

    Bernard Lewis

    This landmark book probes Muslims’ attitudes toward Jews and Judaism as a special case of their view of other religious minorities in predominantly Muslim societies. With authority, sympathy and wit…

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    The Autobiography of a Seventeenth-Century Venetian Rabbi: Leon Modena’s Life of Judah

    Leon Modena

    Leon (Judah Aryeh) Modena was a major intellectual figure of the early modern Italian Jewish community - a complex and intriguing personality who was famous among contemporary European Christians as…

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    Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution in Comparative Organizations

    Megan McKernan, Stephanie Young, Timothy R Heath, Dara Massicot, Mark Stalczynski, Ivana Ke, Raphael S Cohen, John P Godges, Heidi Peters, Lauren Skrabala

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    Multidimensional Liquid Chromatography: Theory and Applications in Industrial Chemistry and the Life Sciences

    Multidimensional Liquid Chromatography (MDLC) is a very powerful separation technique for analyzing exceptionally complex samples in one step. This title includes contributions that help define the art and science of…

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    Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World

    Mark R. Montgomery,Richard Stren,Barney Cohen,Holly E. Reed

    Most low-income countries will become more urban than rural. Understanding demographic trends in the cities of the developing world is critical to those countries - their societies, economies, and environments…

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    History as Prelude: Muslims and Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean

    This collection of essays by seven scholars is a straightforward narrative of real world-intellectual, commercial, spiritual, philosophical, scientific, esthetic-creative engagement among Jews, Muslims, and some Christians in daily life in…

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    History as Prelude: Muslims and Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean

    This collection of essays by seven scholars is a straightforward narrative of real world-intellectual, commercial, spiritual, philosophical, scientific, esthetic-creative engagement among Jews, Muslims, and some Christians in daily life in…

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    Specific Sports-Related Injuries

    This book offers a comprehensive and detailed overview of specific sports-related injuries and a valuable guide for decision-making to establish the best strategies to prevent and manage such injuries.

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    Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World

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    The benefits from urbanization cannot be overlooked, but the speed and sheer scale of transformation present many challenges. Drawing from a variety of data sources, this work explores the implications…

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    Plato’s Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito: Critical Essays

    Rachana Kamtekar

    Plato’s Euthyrphro, Apology, andCrito portray Socrates’ words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the…

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    Plato’s Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito: Critical Essays

    Rachana Kamtekar

    Plato’s Euthyrphro, Apology, andCrito portray Socrates’ words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the…

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    The People’s Republic of China at 60: An International Assessment

    To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the PRC, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies convened a conference to consider this question: After three decades of internal strife, followed by reform…

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