Download or read book Heresy and the Politics of Community written by Marina Rustow and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rustow changes our understanding of the origins and nature of heresy itself. In this book she draws on the Cairo Geniza to show that despite the often fierce arguments between the Jewish groups, they depend on each other for political and financial support and cooperate in both public and private life.