This Noble House. Arnold E. Franklin

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Franklin, Arnold E., 1971–

      This noble house : Jewish descendants of King David in the medieval Islamic East / Arnold E. Franklin. — 1st ed.

      p. cm. — (Jewish culture and contexts)

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-0-8122-4409-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)

      1. David, King of Israel—Family. 2. Jews—Nobility. 3. Jews—Genealogy—History. 4. Judaism—Relations—Islam. 5. Islam—Relations—Judaism. 6. Islamic Empire—Ethnic relations. I. Title. II. Series: Jewish culture and contexts.

      CS28.F73 2012

      296.3'97—dc23

      2012002586

      People are more akin to their contemporaries than to their ancestors.

      —Ibn Qutayba (d. 889), ʿUyūn al-akhbār, 2:1

      But one should never dismiss as nonsense things that other people took seriously.

      —S. D. Goitein, A Mediterranean Society, 5:260

      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