The Jews of Iran in the nineteenth century : aspects of history, community, and culture / by David Yeroushalmi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yeroushalmi, David.

Series:

Brill's series in Jewish studies ; v. 40.

Brill's series in Jewish studies, 0926-2261 ; v. 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Iran--History--19th century.

Jews.

Jews--Iran--Social conditions--19th century.

Iran--Ethnic relations.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The history of Iranian Jews after the establishment of the Safavid State in Iran in 1501 C.E. has formed the subject of growing academic and broader interest over the last few decades. However, despite the significant increase in the quantity and quality of the publications in this area, some of the main aspects and periods in the history of Iranian Jews have received little or no systematic treatment. Dealing with some broad but closely related areas of history, community, society, and culture among the Jews of nineteenth-century Iran, the present book provides sources of information as well as discussions and explanations related to some of the main conditions and realities that shaped the lives of the Iranian Jews prior to their accelerated transformation in the course of the twentieth-century. Included among the eight sections and over forty annotated and analyzed sources in the book are those that shed light on some of the major areas of Jewish life in nineteenth-century Iran. This volume is also available in paperback .

Contents:

Preliminary Material / D. Yeroushalmi

Section I. Legal position and general condition / D. Yeroushalmi

Section II. Demography and geographical diffusion / D. Yeroushalmi

Section III. Economy and material existence / D. Yeroushalmi

Section IV. Communal organization and inner communal relations / D. Yeroushalmi

Section V. Culture and education / D. Yeroushalmi

Section VI. Religion and spiritual lives / D. Yeroushalmi

Section VII. Aspects of life and history in the larger communities / D. Yeroushalmi

Section VIII. Major events and processes / D. Yeroushalmi

List of published works cited / D. Yeroushalmi

Index / D. Yeroushalmi.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-426) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39683-8

9786612396830

90-474-4229-6

OCLC:

593209967

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004152885.i-440 DOI