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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: (401) 863-3188
Fax: (401) 863-9423
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Topics/Themes:
• Religious architecture
• Sunni-Shia and the Fatimid challenge
• Legal status of non-Muslims
• Conversion
Readings:
• Bierman, I. A. (1998). Writing signs : the Fatimid public text. Berkeley, University of California Press. (Ch 1)
• Goitein, S. D. (1967). A Mediterranean society : the Jewish communities of the Arab world as portrayed in the documents of the Cairo Geniza. Berkeley, University of California Press. (Sections)
• Kamil, J. (2002). Christianity in the land of the pharaohs : the Coptic Orthodox Church. London ; New York, Routledge. (Ch. 9 “Continuity and Change Under Islam”)