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The present article is, firstly, a review of a recent publication by Elisha Russ-Fishbane that will, secondly, seek to develop an entanglement perspective on piety in the Ayyubid age. Elisha Russ-Fishbane's book offers the first systematic presentation of the Jewish pietist movement in late twelfth- and early thirteenth-century Egypt. It is largely based on a selection of Genizah documents, the writings of the movement's pivotal figures, as well as a synthetic and critical discussion of the disparate remarks in previous publications. The present text will seek to summarize Russ-Fishbane's book, discuss it in relation to other pertinent literature, and suggest some thoughts on Jewish-Muslim relations, parallels to Jewish pietism in Germany, and the book's relevance for the perspective of entanglement.

Preliminary Material -- Volume Introduction /Marion Eggert -- Introduction to Section 1 /Björn Bentlage -- 1.01 Anonymous: Which One Is the Right Religion for China's Future? (China, 1905) /Heiner Roetz -- 1.02 Ouyang Jingwu: Buddhism Is neither Religion nor Philosophy but What the Present Generation Is in Need of (China, 1922) /Gotelind Müller -- 1.03 Yaroe (Nightthunder) alias Yi Tonhwa: [On] the Necessity of Reform of Religion (Korea, 1920) /Andreas Müller-Lee -- 1.04 Gendun Chopel: Grains of Gold—Tales of a Cosmopolitan Traveller (Tibet, 1941) /Donald S. Lopez -- 1.05 Chaophraya Thiphakorawong: A Book on Various Things (Thailand, 1867) /Sven Trakulhun -- 1.06 Swami Vivekananda: Reason and Religion (England, 1896) /Torkel Brekke -- 1.07 Muhammad Iqbal: Is Religion Possible? (Pakistan, 1932) /Aslam Syed -- 1.08 Yūsuf al-Nabhānī: Poem of the Short 'R' in Defaming Innovation and Praising the Esteemed Tradition (Lebanon, 1908/09) /Amal Ghazal -- 1.09 Ḥusayn al-Jisr al-Ṭarābulusī: The Hamidian Treatise (Lebanon, 1888) /Björn Bentlage -- 1.10 Muḥammad ʿAbduh: The Theology of Unity (Egypt, 1898) /Johann Büssow -- 1.11 Necmeddīn ʿĀrif: Studying in Paris (Egypt, 1904/05) /Leyla von Mende -- 1.12 Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: Isis Unveiled—A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology (United States, 1877) /Gauri Viswanathan -- 1.13 Ludwig Ankenbrand: Buddhism and the Modern Reform Efforts (Germany, 1911) /Jörg Albrecht -- 1.14 Rowland Williams: Christianity and Hinduism (England, 1856) /Paul Hedges -- Introduction to Section 2 /Stefan Reichmuth -- 2.01 Kang Youwei: Report to the Throne, with a Petition for Fixing through Consultation a Law Concerning Religious Cases [. . .] (China, 1898) /Heiner Roetz -- 2.02 Shimaji Mokurai: Petition in Criticism of the Three Articles of Instruction (Japan, 1872) /Hans Martin Krämer -- 2.03 Haji Omar Said Tjokroaminoto: Islam and Socialism (Indonesia, 1924/1963) /Al Makin -- 2.04 Muhammad Iqbal: Presidential Address to the 25th Annual Session of the All-India Muslim League at Allahabad (India, 1930) /Aslam Syed -- 2.05 Dayānanda Sarasvatī: The Light of Truth (India, 1884) /Dermot Killingley -- 2.06 Rashīd Riḍā: Introduction to the First Annual Volume of al-Manār (Egypt, 1909) /Stefan Reichmuth -- 2.07 Moḥammad Ḥoseyn Na ʾīnī: Government from the Perspective of Islam (Iran, 1909) /Katajun Amirpur -- 2.08 George B. Nutting: Letter to the Missionary Herald (Turkey, 1860) and Baha Said Bey: Alevi Communities in Turkey—(Turkey, 1926) /Markus Dressler -- 2.09 Aḥad haAm: Slavery within Freedom (Russia, 1891) /Valentina Munz -- 2.10 Paul de Lagarde: On the Relationship of the German State to Theology, Church and Religion—An Attempt at Orientation for Non-Theologians (Germany, 1873) /Elisabeth Hollender and Knut Martin Stünkel -- Introduction to Section 3 /Hans Martin Krämer -- 3.01 Pak Ŭnsik: On Renewing Confucianism (Korea, 1909) /Marion Eggert -- 3.02 Watanabe Kaigyoku: The Hopes of Buddhists for the Peace Conference (Japan, 1918) /John S. LoBreglio -- 3.03 Shaku Sōen: Strenuous Endeavors (Japan, 1912) /Helen A. Findley.