The Jews of Iran in the Nineteenth Century: Aspects of History, Community, and Culture

by David Yeroushalmi

Overview

The history of Iranian Jews after the establishment of the Safavid State in Iran in 1501 C.E. has formed the subject of growing academic and broader interest over the last few decades. However, despite the significant increase in the quantity and quality of the publications in this area, some of the main aspects and periods in the history of Iranian Jews have received little or no systematic treatment. Dealing with some broad but closely related areas of history, community, society, and culture among the Jews of nineteenth-century Iran, the present book provides sources of information as well as discussions and explanations related to some of the main conditions and realities that shaped the lives of the Iranian Jews prior to their accelerated transformation in the course of the twentieth-century. Included among the eight sections and over forty annotated and analyzed sources in the book are those that shed light on some of the major areas of Jewish life in nineteenth-century Iran.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004152885
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/10/2008
Series:	Brill's Series in Jewish Studies Series , #40
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

David Yeroushalmi, Ph.D. (1986) in Iranian Studies, Columbia University, is associate professor of Iranian Studies in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History and the Center for Iranian Studies at Tel-Aviv University. His main area of research and publication is the history and heritage of Iranian Jews. His previous book, The Judeo-Persian Poet Emrani and His Book of Treasure (Brill) was published in 1995.

Table of Contents

SECTION I
LEGAL POSITION AND GENERAL CONDITION

SECTION II
DEMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHICAL DIFFUSION

SECTION III
ECONOMY AND MATERIAL EXISTENCE

SECTION IV
COMMUNAL ORGANIZATION AND INNER
COMMUNAL RELATIONS

SECTION V
CULTURE AND EDUCATION

SECTION VI
RELIGION AND SPIRITUAL LIVES

SECTION VII
ASPECTS OF LIFE AND HISTORY
IN THE LARGER COMMUNITIES

SECTION VIII
MAJOR EVENTS AND PROCESSES