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Heresy and the Politics of Community 1 Contents 8 List of Illustrations and Maps 9 Acknowledgments 10 Note on Transliteration, Transcription, and Citations 14 Introduction 16 Abbreviations 36 Part 1: The Shape Of The Jewish Community 38 1. The Tripartite Community 40 2. Jewish Book Culture in the Tenth Century 73 3. The Limits of Communal Autonomy 104 Part II: Rabbanites, Qaraites, and The Politics Of Leadership 146 4. Qaraites and the Politics of Powerlessness 148 5. “Nothing but Kindness, Benefit, and Loyalty”: Qaraites and the Ge'onim of Baghdad 171 6. “Under the Authority of God and All Israel”: Qaraites and the Ge'onim of Jerusalem 193 7. “Glory of the Two Parties”: Petitions to Qaraite Courtiers 213 8. The Affair of the Ban of Excommunication in 1029 237 Part III: Scholastic Loyalty and Its Limits 274 9. Rabbanite-Qaraite Marriages 276 10. In the Courts: Legal Reciprocity 303 Part IV: The Origins Of Territorial Governance 326 11. Avignon in Ramla: The Schism of 1038–42 328 12. The Tripartite Community and the First Crusade 360 Epilogue: Toward a History of Jewish Heresy 384 Glossary 394 Guide to Places and People 398 Manuscript Sources 402 Bibliograp

Author

Marina Rustow

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