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Published in Cambridge University Press eBooks • Aug 31, 2011
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Authors:
Judith R. Baskin
Abstract
Nagid is a title of biblical origin (I Sam 10:1) that was used to refer to Jewish notables and communal leaders in the lands of *Islam. Initially this title was an honorific bestowed by the *geonic academies (yeshivot) of *Babylonia and *Palestine; by the Mamluk period in *Egypt (1250–1517), nagid w...
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