Introduction Phillip I. Lieberman; Part I. Jews in the Medieval Islamic World: 1. The Sources Stefan C. Reif; 2. Jewish perceptions of and attitudes towards Islam and Muslims Ross Brann; 3. Islamic attitudes and policies Mark R. Cohen; 4. The Maghrib and Egypt Menahem Ben-Sasson and Oded Zinger; 5. The Jews of Muslim Spain Jane S. Gerber; 6. Beyond crescent and cross: Jews in medieval Syria and Sicily Brendan Goldman; 7. Yemen and India from the rise of Islam to 1500 Amir Ashur and Elizabeth Lambourn; 8. The Jews of Northern Arabia in early Islam Michael Lecker; 9. Judaism in Pre-Islamic Arabia Christian Julien Robin; 10. The Islamic east Ofir Haim; Part II. Social and Institutional History: 11. Demography and migrations Phillip I. Lieberman; 12. Economic activities Jessica Goldberg; 13. Jewish communal and religious organization Arnold E. Franklin; 14. Schools and education Moshe Sokolow; 15. The life cycle and the annual cycle in Genizah society Miriam Frenkel; 16. The family Miriam Frenkel; Part III. Spiritual and Intellectual History: 17. Karaism Haggai Ben-Shammai; 18. Non-Rabbinic and non-Karaite religious movements Fred Astren; 19. Languages and translations Angel Saenz-Badillos and S. J. Pearce; 20. Book production Judith Olszowy-Schlanger; 21. Jewish bible exegesis in Muslim lands in the middle ages Mordechai Z. Cohen; 22. Jewish law Gideon Libson; 23. Liturgy Stefan C. Reif; 24. Piyyuṭ Tova Beeri; 25. Jewish philosophy Alfred Ivry; 26. Science and medicine Gabriele Ferrario and Maud Kozodoy; 27. Magic Gideon Bohak; 28. Mysticism Sara Sviri; 29. Belles-lettres Raymond P. Scheindlin; 30. Jewish-Muslim polemics Haggai Mazuz; 31. Historiography Katja Vehlow; 32. Material culture and art Vivian Mann and Shalom Sabar.