Jews among Muslims : communities in the precolonial MiddleEast / edited by Shlomo Deshen and Walter P. Zenner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Deshen, Shlomo A.

Zenner, Walter P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Arab countries.

Jews.

Arab countries.

Arab countries--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

ix, 292 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 1996.

Summary:

Jewry wears a coat of many colors, existing in different nations and surrounded by diverse cultures. Jewish communities have thrived in Iraq, Tunisia, and Morocco, as well as in Southwest Asia and North Africa, yet our knowledge of these cultures is limited. Jews among Muslims gathers together some of the most insightful work describing the lives and culture of Jews in the traditional Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Notes:

"The present book incorporates several of the articles which appeared in Jewish Societies in the Middle East. These have been edited and abridged and we have added new articles"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814796753

0814796761

OCLC:

35138404