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Author Harel, Yaron

Title Intrigue and Revolution Chief Rabbis in Aleppo, Baghdad, and Damascus, 1774-1914
Published Oxford : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, The, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (397 p.)
Series The Littman library of Jewish civilization
Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration and Conventions Used in the Text -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I HARBINGERS OF UPHEAVAL -- 1. Sadkah Houssin's Struggle for Control over the Baghdad Community -- 2. Raphael Solomon Laniado and the Struggle in Aleppo against the Inheritance of the Rabbinate -- PART II RABBIS OF THE REFORM -- 3. The Saga of Raphael Kassin: From Ḥakham Bashi in Baghdad to Reform Rabbi in Aleppo -- 4. The Baghdad Community Torn between Rabbis Samoha and Dangoor
5. Abraham Dweck Hakohen (Khalousi): The Last Ḥakham Bashi Born in Aleppo -- 6. Yitshak Abulafia's Troubled Path to Rabbinic Office in Damascus -- 7. The Appointment and Deposition of Rabbi Yitshak Abulafia -- PART III RABBIS OF THE REVOLUTION -- 8. The Appointment and Removal of Rabbi Solomon Eli'ezer Mercado Alfandari in Damascus -- 9. Jacob Danon's Appointment as Chief Rabbi of Damascus and its Consequences -- 10. Hezekiah Shabetai's Struggle against Deposition in Aleppo -- 11. The Removal of the Ḥakham Bashi of Baghdad, David Pappo, by the Young Turks -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography
Summary A dramatic account of traditional Jewish society in the Ottoman Empire at a time when societal norms were being challenged
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Chief Rabbinate -- Syria -- Aleppo -- History
Chief Rabbinate -- Syria -- Damascus -- History
Chief Rabbinate -- Iraq -- Baghdad -- History
Rabbis -- Syria -- Aleppo -- Office -- History
Rabbis -- Syria -- Damascus -- Office -- History
Rabbis -- Iraq -- Baghdad -- Office -- History
Chief Rabbinate
Rabbis -- Office
Juden
Rabbiner
Judentum
Iraq -- Baghdad
Syria -- Aleppo
Syria -- Damascus
Aleppo
Bagdad
Damaskus
Irak
Jordanien
Osmanisches Reich
Syrien
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781789624878
1789624878