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The Festschrift Darkhei Noam
The Jews of Arab Lands
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Edited by:
Carsten Schapkow
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2015
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The Festschrift Darkhei Noam: The Jews of Arab Lands presented to Norman (Noam) Stillman offers a coherent and thought-provoking discussion by eminent scholars in the field of both the history and culture of the Jews in the Islamic World from pre-modern to modern times. Based on primary sources the book speaks to the resilience, flexibility, and creativity of Jewish culture in Arab lands.
The volume clearly addresses the areas of research Norman Stillman himself has considerably contributed to. Research foci of the book are on the flexibility of Jewish law in real life, Jewish cultural life particularly on material and musical culture, the role of women in these different societies, antisemitism and Jewish responses to hatred against the Jews, and antisemitism from ancient martyrdom to modern political Zionism.
The volume clearly addresses the areas of research Norman Stillman himself has considerably contributed to. Research foci of the book are on the flexibility of Jewish law in real life, Jewish cultural life particularly on material and musical culture, the role of women in these different societies, antisemitism and Jewish responses to hatred against the Jews, and antisemitism from ancient martyrdom to modern political Zionism.
Author / Editor information
Carsten Schapkow is Associate Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He has published on Iberian-Sephardic history and German-Jewish history.
Shmuel Shepkaru is Schusterman Professor of Jewish Intellectual and Religious History at the University of Oklahoma. He has published on the topic of martyrdom, Jewish-Christian relations, and Jewish-Arab relations.
Alan T. Levenson is Schusterman/Josey Chair of Jewish History at the University of Oklahoma. He has published on Jewish history and the use/abuse of the Bible in modern Jewish culture.
Shmuel Shepkaru is Schusterman Professor of Jewish Intellectual and Religious History at the University of Oklahoma. He has published on the topic of martyrdom, Jewish-Christian relations, and Jewish-Arab relations.
Alan T. Levenson is Schusterman/Josey Chair of Jewish History at the University of Oklahoma. He has published on Jewish history and the use/abuse of the Bible in modern Jewish culture.
Reviews
"Dr. Norman Stillman is one of the leading scholars of Jewish history, especially the history of the Jews in the Islamic World from pre-modern to modern times. This excellent collection raises questions about the remarkable flexibility of Jewish law in the day to day life of Jews in Arab lands; Jewish cultural life, particularly material and musical culture; the role of women in these different societies; Antisemitism and Jewish responses to hatred against the Jews, up to modern political Zionism." --David B. Levy, Touro College, NY, AJL Reviews, Volume VI, No.1
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eBook published on:
September 29, 2015
eBook ISBN:
9789004304765
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Main content:
274
eBook ISBN:
9789004304765
Keywords for this book
history; Religion; Judaism; Islam; Sephardi; Mizrahi; Karaites; Zionism; Bible
Audience(s) for this book
The readers of the volume would be scholars and advanced students in the field of medieval and modern Sephardi and Mizrahi cultural, economic, legal and women’s history.
