The Jews of Egypt : a Mediterranean society in modern times
PART 1 THE OTTOMAN BACKGROUND -- 1 The Jews in Cairo at the Time of the Ottoman Conquest: The Account of Capsali -- 2 Egyptian Jewry During the Ottoman Period as a Background to Modem Times -- 3 The Decline of the Jewish Community in Eighteenth-Century Cairo: A New Interpretation in the Light of Two...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Milton : Routledge,
2019
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| Schlagworte: | Jews Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (327 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | PART 1 THE OTTOMAN BACKGROUND -- 1 The Jews in Cairo at the Time of the Ottoman Conquest: The Account of Capsali -- 2 Egyptian Jewry During the Ottoman Period as a Background to Modem Times -- 3 The Decline of the Jewish Community in Eighteenth-Century Cairo: A New Interpretation in the Light of Two Iberian Chronicles -- PART 2 POLITICAL COMMUNITY -- 4 The Evolution of the Egyptian Nationality Laws and Their Application to the Jews in the Monarchy Period -- 5 Political Participation of the Jews in Egypt Between World War I and the 1952 Revolution -- PART 3 ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES -- 6 The Role of Jews in Economic Development -- 7 Economic Activities of Alexandrian Jews on the Eve of World War I, According to le Mercure Egyptien -- PART 4 CULTURAL PARTICIPATION -- 8 Ya'qūb Ṣanū': His Religious Identity and Work in the Theater and Journalism, According to the Family Archive -- 9 Participation of Egyptian Jews in Modem Arabic Culture, and the Case of Murād Faraj -- PART 5 INTERNAL DIVERSITY -- 10 Lowering Barriers of Estrangement: Rabbanite-Karaite Intermarriage in Twentieth-Century Egyptian Halakha -- 11 The Traditional Jewry of the Ḥāra -- PART 6 IMAGES OF EGYPTIAN JEWRY -- 12 The Encounter of Exiles from Palestine with the Jewish Community of Egypt During World War I, As Reflected in Their Writings -- 13 The Image of Jewish Life in Egypt in the Writings of Egyptian Jewish Authors in Israel and Abroad -- 14 The Image of Egyptian Jewry in Recent Egyptian Studies -- APPENDIXES -- A Two Iberian Chronicles -- B The Nationality Law of 1929 -- C The Correspondence of Sanua -- D Seder al-Tawḥīd and Megillat Purim Mitzrayim -- About the Contributors -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (327 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781000230901 1000230902 9780367293376 0367293374 |