Böcker i Perspectives on Society and Culture-serien

Morony compares conditions in late Sasanian and early Islamic Iraq in the seventh century AD and depicts both the emergence of a local form of Islamic society, and the interaction of Muslim conquerors from Arabia with the native population.

This volume presents a systematic and detailed elaboration of the halakhic (legal) decisions written by five of the most important authors who wrote responsa concerning conversos between the years 1391 and 1492. This volume presents all the responsa written in connection with conversos by Isaac b. Semah Duran and his descendants: Solomon b.