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Contents

A Note on Transliteration, Names, and Dates

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. “Sharīf of the Jewish Nation”: Reconceptualizing the House of David in the Islamic East

Chapter 2. “The Truth of the Pedigree”: Documenting Origins and the Public Performance of Lineage

Chapter 3. Ancestry as Authority: Lineage and Power in Near Eastern Jewish Society

Chapter 4. “Designated in the Past and for the Future”: Davidic Dynasts and Medieval Messianic Anticipation

Chapter 5. “The Sharīf of Every People Is Well-Born”: Genealogy and the Legitimization of Minority Culture

Conclusion

Appendix A. Halper 462: Transcription and Translation

Appendix B. A Tentative List of Davidic Dynasts Datable between ca. 950 and ca. 1450

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Manuscript Sources

Index

Acknowledgments