| Description |
ix, 292 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Jews Among Muslims in Precolonial Times: An Introductory Survey / Walter P. Zenner and Shlomo Deshen -- 2. Traditional Jewish Society and Modern Society / Jacob Katz -- 3. Jewish Acculturation in Premodern Societies / Stephen Sharot -- 4. Islam and the Jews: Myth, Counter-Myth, History / Mark Cohen -- 5. Sephardic Rabbinic Responses to Modernity: Some Central Characteristics / Zvi Zohar -- 6. Patronage and Protection: The Status of Jews in Precolonial Morocco / Allan R. Meyers -- 7. Community Life in Nineteenth-Century Moroccan Jewry / Shlomo Deshen -- 8. Jewish Existence in a Berber Environment / Moshe Shokeid -- 9. Saddiq and Marabout in Morocco / Norman Stillman -- 10. Southern Tunisian Jewry in the Early Twentieth Century / Shlomo Deshen -- 11. Communal Organization of the Jews of Tripolitania during the Late Ottoman Period / Harvey E. Goldberg -- 12. Syrian Jews and their Non-Jewish Neigbors in Late Ottoman Times / Walter P. Zenner |
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13. Jews in Late Ottoman Syria: Community, Family and Religion / Walter P. Zenner -- 14. Baghdad Jewry in Late Ottoman Times: The Emergence of Social Classes and of Secularization / Shlomo Deshen -- 15. The Religious World of Jewish Women in Kurdistan / Susan Starr Sered -- 16. The Social Structure of Jewish Education in Yemen / Shlomo D. Goitein -- 17. The Authority of the Community of San'a in Yemenite Jewry / Yosef Tobi -- 18. Dhimmi Status and Jewish Roles in Iranian Society / Laurence D. Loeb -- 19. Prestige and Piety in the Iranian Synagogue / Laurence D. Loeb |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Jews -- Arab countries.
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| SUBJECT |
Arab countries -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009115061
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| Author |
Deshen, Shlomo A.
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Zenner, Walter P.
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| LC no. |
96030595 |
| ISBN |
0814796753 |
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0814796761 (paperback) |
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