Jews in the Realm of the Sultans

Ottoman Jewish Society in the Seventeenth Century
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-16-149523-6
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 503 Seiten, Format (B × H): 236 mm x 162 mm, Gewicht: 903 g

Reihe: Texts and Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Judaism

Jewish society in the Ottoman Empire has not been the subject of systematic research. The seventeenth century is the main object of this study, since it was a formative era. For Ottoman Jews, the 'Ottoman century' constituted an era of gradual acculturation to changing reality, parallel to the changing character of the Ottoman state. Continuous changes and developments shaped anew the character of this Jewry, the core of what would later become known as 'Sephardi Jewry'.Yaron Ben-Naeh draws from primary and secondary Hebrew, Ottoman, and European sources, the image of Jewish society in the Ottoman Empire. In the chapters he leads the reader from the overall urban framework to individual aspects. Beginning with the physical environment, he moves on to discuss their relationships with the majority society, followed by a description and analysis of the congregation, its organization and structure, and from there to the character of Ottoman Jewish society and its nuclear cell - the family. Special emphasis is placed throughout the work on the interaction with Muslim society and the resulting acculturation that affected all aspects and all levels of Jewish life in the Empire. In this, the author challenges the widespread view that sees this community as being stagnant and self-segregated, as well as the accepted concept of a traditional Jewish society under Islam.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of Jewish History and of Ottoman History, Jews and Jewish communities originating in the Balkans and Anatolia, corresponding institutes and libraries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ben-Naeh, Yaron

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums außerhalb Israels/Palästinas
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Moderne & Gegenwart
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)

Über Autor(innen)

Ben-Naeh, Yaron
Born 1965; 2000 PhD; taught at the TelAviv University, 2002-2005 post-doctoral Mandel Scholar at the Scholion Interdisciplinary Center, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem; spring 2007 fellow in the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, Penn University, Philadelphia; currently tenured senior lecturer for the history of the Jews in Islamic countries in the early modern and modern period at The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Yaron Ben-Naeh: Born 1965; 2000 PhD; taught at the Tel Aviv University, 2002-05 post-doctoral Mandel Scholar at the Scholion Interdisci plinary Center, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem; spring 2007 fellow in the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, Penn University,
Philadelphia; currently tenured senior lecturer for the history of the Jews in Islamic countries in the early modern and modern period at The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.