Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Note on Translations, Transliterations, and Other Usages vii
4. List of Abbreviations ix
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. ELIJAH CAPSALI: AT A MEDITERRANEAN CROSSROADS
7. Chapter 1. The Cretan Rabbi as Historian 23
8. Chapter 2. Spain’s Rise as Viewed from the Eastern Mediterranean 39
9. Chapter 3. The Ottoman Sultans as Millenarian Sovereigns 55
10. PART II. JOSEPH HA-KOHEN: IBERIAN ROOTS AND GENOESE EXILE
11. Chapter 4. The Genoese Physician as Historian 85
12. Chapter 5. The Spanish Expansion Through a Sephardi Lens 105
13. Chapter 6. The Ottomans as the Scourge of Christendom 125
14. PART III. JOSEPH SAMBARI: AN ARAB JEW IN A TUMULTUOUS ERA
15. Chapter 7. The Cairene Scholar as Historian 149
16. Chapter 8. Ambivalent Images of Ottoman Rule 165
17. Conclusion 184
18. Notes 209
19. Bibliography 269
20. Index 297
21. Acknowledgments 305