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Moshe Gil (born 1921) is an Israel

Israel

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i historian who specializes in the historical interaction between Islam

Islam

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and the Jew

Jew

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s, including the history of Palestine under the Islamic domination, the institution of the Exilarch

Exilarch

Exilarch refers to the leaders of the Diaspora Jewish community following the deportation of the population of Judah into Babylonian captivity after the destruction of the kingdom of Judah....
ate, and Jewish merchants such as the Radhanites.

Gil is professor

Professor

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emeritus

Emeritus

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of the Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
and incumbent of the Joseph and Ceil Mazer Chair in the History of the Jews in Muslim Lands.

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Moshe Gil (born 1921) is an Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i historian who specializes in the historical interaction between Islam

Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
and the Jew

Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
s, including the history of Palestine under the Islamic domination, the institution of the Exilarch

Exilarch

Exilarch refers to the leaders of the Diaspora Jewish community following the deportation of the population of Judah into Babylonian captivity after the destruction of the kingdom of Judah....
ate, and Jewish merchants such as the Radhanites.

Gil is professor

Professor

The meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the Academic department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual....
emeritus

Emeritus

Emeritus is an adjective that is used in the title of a retired professor, bishop or other professional. Emerita was used for women, but is rarely used today....
of the Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
and incumbent of the Joseph and Ceil Mazer Chair in the History of the Jews in Muslim Lands. He is a winner of the 1998 Israel Prize

Israel Prize

The Israel Prize is an award handed out by the State of Israel. It is presented annually, on Yom Ha'atzma'ut, in a state ceremony in Jerusalem, in the presence of the President of Israel, the Prime Minister of Israel, the Knesset chairperson, and the Supreme Court of Israel president....
for his work analyzing some 846 document fragments from the Cairo Genizah and for his work in documenting the role of Jewish merchants in the development of medieval society.

Selected bibliography

(1997) "The Babylonian Encounter and the Exilarchic House in the Light of Cairo Geniza Documents and Parallel Arab Sources." (Conference Paper in Proceedings : Judaeo-Arabic studies proceedings of the Founding Conference of the Society for Judaeo Arabic Studies.)
(1995) "The Exilarchate." (Conference Paper in Proceedings : The Jews of medieval Islam: Community, society, and identity: proceedings of an international conference held by the Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London, 1992 )
(1992) A history of Palestine, 634-1099. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press.
(1987) "The Medina
Medina

Medina is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad....
n Opposition to the Prophet". (Journal Article in Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam
Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam

Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam is a peer reviewed, international journal devoted to the study of classical Islam, Islamic religious thought, Arabic language and Arabic literature, the origins of Islamic institutions and the interaction between Islam and other civilizations....
.)
(1987) Review of "Khazarian Hebrew Documents of the Tenth Century" by Golb and Pritsak (Book Review in Journal of Near Eastern studies.)
(1984) "The Origin of the Jews of Yathrib." (Journal Article in Jerusalem studies in Arabic and Islam.)
(1976) Documents of the Jewish pious foundations from the Cairo Geniza. Leiden: Brill. (Book, Edited , Vol. 12 in a series/set )
(1974) "The Radhanite
Radhanite

The Radhanites were medieval Judaism merchants. Whether the term, which is used by only a limited number of primary sources, refers to a specific guild, or a clan, or is a generic term for Jewish merchants in the trans-Eurasian trade network is unclear....
Merchants and the Land of Radhan." (Journal Article in Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient.)
(1974) "The Constitution of Medina: A Reconsideration" (Journal Article in Israel oriental studies.)