Table of Contents

*FrontMatter, pg. i*List Of Tables And Figure, pg. viii*Preface, pg. xi*Note, pg. xvii*Abbreviations, pg. xix*Chapter One. The Problem of Origins, pg. 1*Chapter Two. Fatimid Realities and the Coptic Patriarchate, pg. 50*Chapter Three. The Rise of the Headship of the Jews: Sociological Considerations, pg. 79*Chapter Four. The Headship of the Jews: Cautious Beginnings, to 1082, pg. 157*Chapter Five. The Administration of David B. Daniel, Ca. 1082 to 1094, pg. 178*Chapter Six. The Second Administration of Mevorakh B. Saadya, 1094 to 1111, pg. 213*Chapter Seven. The Administration of Moses B. Mevorakh, 1112 to Ca. 1126, pg. 272*Chapter Eight. Conclusion: Institutional Innovation in a Medieval Community, pg. 287*Appendix 1. The Geniza Corpus, pg. 295*Appendix 2. Selected Geniza Documents, pg. 309*Works Cited, pg. 339*Index of Geniza Texts, pg. 361*General Index, pg. 371