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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Main Author: Lieberman, Phillip I. 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2022
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 -)
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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