The fate of the Jews in the early Islamic Near East: tracing the demographic shift from east to west

by Lieberman, Phillip I.

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Full title :The fate of the Jews in the early Islamic Near East : tracing the demographic shift from east to west / Phillip I. Lieberman.

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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2022

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2022

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781009058018, 1009058010, 1009079395, 9781009079396
oclc:on1330435819
LC Classification:BP173.J8
Dewey Decimal:296.3/9709355

Subjects

598-515 B.C History Interfaith relations Iraq -- Babylon (Extinct city) Islam Islam -- Relations Jews Jews -- Employment Jews -- Employment -- Iraq Jews -- History -- Babylonian captivity… Jews -- Iraq Judaism Judaism -- Relations