Description: Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Cairo : A Social History of Islamic Education, Paperback by Berkey, Jonathan, ISBN 0691606838, ISBN-13 9780691606835, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
In rich detail Jonathan Berkey interprets the social and cultural consequences of Islams regard for knowledge, showing how education in the Middle Ages played a central part in the religious experience of nearly all Muslims. Focusing on Cairo, which under Mamluk rule (1) was a vital intellectual center with a complex social system, the author describes the transmission of religious knowledge there as a highly personal process, one dependent on the relationships between individual scholars and students. The great variety of institutional structures, he argues, supported educational efforts without ever becoming essential to them. By not being locked into formal channels, religious education was never exclusively for the elite but was open to all. Berkey explores the varying educational opportunities offered to the full run of the Muslim population--including Mamluks, women, and the "common people." Drawing on medieval chronicles, biographical dictionaries, and treatises on education, as well as the deeds of endowment that established many of Cairos schools, he explains how education drew groups of outsiders into the cultural center and forged a common Muslim cultural identity.
Originally published in 1992.
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Book Title: Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Cairo : A Social History of
Number of Pages: 252 Pages
Publication Name: Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Cairo : a Social History of Islamic Education
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Islamic Studies, General, Islam / General, History, Middle East / Egypt (See Also Ancient / Egypt)
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy, Social Science, Education, History
Author: Jonathan Porter Berkey
Item Length: 9.1 in
Series: Princeton Studies on the Near East Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
