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Cover illustration: The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Ms Heb. 2°7203 (formerly Sassoon 407), fol. 174v - 175r: Takkanot Kandiyah, beginning of Chapter CXIX.
Names: Borýsek, Martin, 1983- author
Title: Jewish communal autonomy and institutional memory in Venetian Crete : a study of Takkanot Kandiyah / by Martin Borýsek.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] | Series: Studies in Jewish history and culture, 1568-5004 ; 75 | Based on author’s thesis (Doctoral – University of Cambridge, 2016) issued under title: Takkanot Kandiyah : a collection of legislative statutes as a source for the assessment of laymen’s legal authority in a Jewish community in Venetian Crete. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023014365 (print) | LCCN 2023014366 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004542792 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004547421 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Jews–Legal status, laws, etc.–Greece–Crete–History–Sources. | Mishpat Ivri–Greece–Crete–History–Sources. | Crete (Greece)–History–Venetian rule, 1204-1559–Sources. | Legislation (Jewish law)–History–Sources. | Taḳanot Ḳandiʼah.
Classification: LCC KKE206 .B67 2023 (print) | LCC KKE206 (ebook) | DDC 340.5/8094959–dc23/eng/20230714
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