The an anthology of documents from the Cairo Geniza Cohen, Mark R. 1943- creator text bibliography Electronic books. nju 2005 2005 monographic eng 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations PART ONE: LETTERS ABOUT THE POOR AND ABOUT CHARITY: Introduction -- Basic themes -- Taxonomy: structure and conjunction -- The foreign poor -- Indigent captives and refugees -- Debt and poll tax -- Women and poverty -- Letters regarding public charity -- PART TWO: CHARITY LISTS: Alms lists -- Donor lists -- PART THREE: EPILOGUE: Poverty and charity in the Fourteenth Century. Mark R. Cohen. "Companion to ... Poverty and charity in the Jewish community of Medieval Egypt"--P. [xi]. Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-208) and index. f-ua--- Jews Egypt Charities History Poverty Religious aspects Judaism Judaism Charities History Jews Egypt Social conditions Poor Egypt History HV17 .V65 2005eb 363.5/089/924062 Cohen, Mark R., 1943- Cohen, Mark R. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2005] xii, 226 pages ; 25 cm. (OCoLC)56921068 (DLC) 2004062827 9781400850617 (e-book) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10806847 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10806847 CaPaEBR 041101 ebr10806847 eng