Book contents
- The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near East
- The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near East
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Field of History and the Fields of Iraq
- 2 Jewish Occupational Choice and Urbanization in Iraq
- 3 Conversion to Islam among the Jews of Early ʿAbbāsid Iraq
- 4 Onomastics, the Cairo Geniza, and Jewish Exceptionalism
- 5 The Early Vulgar Judeo-Arabic Spelling (EPJAS) and Westward Movement
- 6 The Development of Jewish and Islamic Commercial Law in the Early Islamic Centuries
- 7 Migratory Movements throughout the Islamic Mediterranean in the Early Islamic Centuries
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - The Early Vulgar Judeo-Arabic Spelling (EPJAS) and Westward Movement
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2022
Book contents
- The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near East
- The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near East
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Field of History and the Fields of Iraq
- 2 Jewish Occupational Choice and Urbanization in Iraq
- 3 Conversion to Islam among the Jews of Early ʿAbbāsid Iraq
- 4 Onomastics, the Cairo Geniza, and Jewish Exceptionalism
- 5 The Early Vulgar Judeo-Arabic Spelling (EPJAS) and Westward Movement
- 6 The Development of Jewish and Islamic Commercial Law in the Early Islamic Centuries
- 7 Migratory Movements throughout the Islamic Mediterranean in the Early Islamic Centuries
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, I look at the scribal practice of Jews and Muslims in the early Islamic Mediterranean to argue that there was not a large wave of migration from East to West. I present an alternative explanation here for the disappearance of what scholars have called the "Early Vulgar Judeo-Arabic Spelling" -- the disappearance of which could be used to support the idea of a substantial migration westward.
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- The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near EastTracing the Demographic Shift from East to West, pp. 145 - 182Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022