Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 6
3. INTRODUCTION 8
4. THE RESPONSA AS A SOURCE FOR THE HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 20
5. CAPSALI AS A SOURCE FOR OTTOMAN HISTORY, 1450-1523 30
6. THE JEWS IN CAIRO AT THE TIME OF THE OTTOMAN CONQUEST: THE ACCOUNT OF CAPSALI 38
7. JEWISH SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY AND SOCIETY OF GREECE AND ITS JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES 44
8. THE BATTLE OF KHAN YUNIS DECEMBER 1516 50
9. MS POCOCKE NO. 31 AS A SOURCE FOR THE EVENTS IN ISTANBUL IN THE YEARS 1622-1624 56
10. TWO HEBREW-LANGUAGE WEEKLIES IN TURKEY: AN APPEAL TO REVIVE CONCEPT OF A NATIONAL CULTURE 74
11. RELATIONS BETWEEN JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: THE ARMENIAN CASE 84
12. THE OTTOMAN CITY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY - ASPECTS OF TAXATION AS REFLECTED IN JEWISH AND OTTOMAN SOURCES 90
13. THE ARCHIVES OF TEL-AVIV-JAFFA AS A SOURCE FOR THE FINAL YEARS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN PALESTINE 94