The fate of the Jews in the early Islamic Near East: tracing the demographic shift from East to West
In this book, Phillip Lieberman revisits one of the foundational narratives of medieval Jewish history-that the rise of Islam led the Jews of Babylonia, the largest Jewish community prior to the rise of Islam, to abandon a livelihood based on agriculture and move into urban crafts and long-distance...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge New York
Cambridge University Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Lieberman, Phillip I., 1970-, The fate of the Jews in the early Islamic Near East : tracing the demographic shift from East to West] (2024) (Berkey, Jonathan Porter, 1959 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Near East
/ Jews
/ Political elite
/ Economic elite
/ Emigration
/ History 700-1000
B Europe / Jews / Immigration / History 700-1000 |
| Further subjects: | B
Judaism
Relations
Islam
B Jews History Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C B Jews (Iraq) (Babylonia) B Jews Employment Babylon (Extinct city) (Iraq) B Islam Relations Judaism |
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| Summary: | In this book, Phillip Lieberman revisits one of the foundational narratives of medieval Jewish history-that the rise of Islam led the Jews of Babylonia, the largest Jewish community prior to the rise of Islam, to abandon a livelihood based on agriculture and move into urban crafts and long-distance trade. Here, he presents an alternative account that reveals the complexity of interfaith relations in early Islam. Using Jewish and Islamic chronicles, legal materials, and the rich documentary evidence of the Cairo Geniza, Lieberman demonstrates that Jews initially remained on the rural periphery after the Islamic conquest of Iraq. Gradually, they assimilated to an emerging Islamicate identity as the new religion took shape, sapping towns and villages of their strength. Simultaneously, a small, elite group of merchants and communal leaders migrated westward. Lieberman here explores their formative influence on the Jewish communities of the southern Mediterranean that flourished under Islamic conquest. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Jun 2022) |
| ISBN: | 1009058010 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781009058018 |