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Jewish Questions

Responsa on Sephardic Life in the Early Modern Period
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
248 Seiten
Englisch
Princeton University Presserschienen am21.07.2008
Introduces readers to the history and culture of the Sephardic dispersion through an exploration of forty-three responsa - questions about Jewish law that Jews asked leading rabbis, and the rabbis' responses.mehr
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KlappentextIntroduces readers to the history and culture of the Sephardic dispersion through an exploration of forty-three responsa - questions about Jewish law that Jews asked leading rabbis, and the rabbis' responses.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-691-12265-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2008
Erscheinungsdatum21.07.2008
Seiten248 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 156 mm, Höhe 234 mm, Dicke 15 mm
Gewicht428 g
Artikel-Nr.14549710

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface xi Introduction xvii Short Biographies of the Hakhamim lviii PART I: Life among Muslims and Christians Chapter 1: Caught in the Middle of Ottoman-Italian Wars (Greece, 1716) 5 Chapter 2: The Financial Fallout of a Blood Libel (Ragusa, 1622) 8 Chapter 3: A Blood Libel among the Sephardim (Ottoman Empire, mid-seventeenth century) 13 Chapter 4: Preparations for Siege (Algiers, 1732) 15 Chapter 5: The Jew Who Stood Up to the Governor--But Maybe Not Enough (Algiers, mid-eighteenth century) 16 PART II: Trade and Other Professions in the Sephardi Diaspora Chapter 6: An International Loan Gone Awry (Mediterranean, late-sixteenth century) 23 Chapter 7: The Woman with a Steel Welding Monopoly (Aleppo, ca. 1559) 26 Chapter 8: Death of a Salesman in Persia (Bursa and Persia, late sixteenth century) 29 Chapter 9: A Case of Mistaken Identity (Constantinople, late seventeenth century) 32 Chapter 10: The Death of Tall Aslan (Aleppo and Turkey, 1681) 35 Chapter 11: Egyptian Jews with Civet Cats (Egypt, mid-sixteenth century) 38 Chapter 12: Jewish Trade in a War Zone (Zante and Venice, ca. 1620) 39 Chapter 13: The Tale of the Clothier and the Vizier (Constantinople, 1641) 42 PART III: Life within the Sephardic Community Chapter 14: Divorce and an Indian Impostor (Greece, mid-sixteenth century) 53 Chapter 15: The Great Fire of Saloniki (Saloniki and Lepanto, 1620) 58 Chapter 16: An Apostate Soldier of Fortune (Zante, ca. 1620) 61 Chapter 17: The Fallout from a Tall Building (Ottoman Empire, early seventeenth century) 64 Chapter 18: Polish Fugitives in Egypt (Egypt, late seventeenth century) 66 Chapter 19: The Quarantine Colony in Spalato (Spalato, seventeenth century) 68 Chapter 20: Unscrupulous Partners and the Fear of Forced Conversion (Rhodes, early seventeenth century) 71 Chapter 21: A Change of Fortune, an Unwilling Wife, and a City in Panic (Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt, 1737) 73 Chapter 22: The Causes and Consequences of a Denunciation (Meknes, Morocco, 1721-1728) 77 Chapter 23: The Persecution of a Witness to Immorality (Tangier and Fez, 1744) 83 PART IV: Ritual Observance and Jewish Faith in Sephardic Communities Chapter 24: The Jew Accused of Heresy (Ottoman Empire, early sixteenth century) 93 Chapter 25: Jews Becoming Karaites and Karaites Becoming Jews (Egypt, late seventeenth century) 96 Chapter 26: Bequests of Conversos and Their Status as Jews (Istanbul, early sixteenth century) 99 Chapter 27: The Converso and the Charitable Fraternity (Amsterdam, late seventeenth century) 102 Chapter 28: Monstrous Births and Marvelous Creatures (Venice, mid-seventeenth century) 106 Chapter 29: Protestants Who Send Money to Poor Jews in the Land of Israel (Palestine, mid-seventeenth century) 109 Chapter 30: What May a Jew Do with a Nativity Medallion? (Greece, early sixteenth century) 112 Chapter 31: On Loaning Money to Priests (Jerusalem, ca. 1624) 115 Chapter 32: The Penitence of the Kastoria Community (Greece, late seventeenth century) 120 PART V: Marriage, Family, and Private Life Chapter 33: A Converso and His Flemish Concubine (Turkey, early sixteenth century) 127 Chapter 34: A Convert Repudiates Her Marriage (Ottoman Empire, early sixteenth century) 129 Chapter 35: The Melancholic Monogamist (Egypt, late seventeenth century) 131 Chapter 36: The Afflicted Bigamist (Morocco, early eighteenth century) 134 Chapter 37: A Suspicious Pregnancy (Shekhem [Nablus], Palestine, 1721) 136 Chapter 38: The Unrepentant Adulterer (Western Europe, 1730) 139 Chapter 39: A Slave among the Wars in Belgrade (Belgrade, late seventeenth century) 143 Chapter 40: A Sexually Abused Wife (Ottoman Empire, late seventeenth century) 147 Chapter 41: On the Manipulation of Women's Right to Divorce (Egypt, mid-seventeenth century) 150 Chapter 42: A Mother's Quest for Justice (Belgrade, 1698) 153 Chapter 43: The Runaway Groom (Bayonne, 1742) 155 Bibliography 159 Index 171mehr