The Jews of the Yemen, 1800-1914 Contributor(s): Nini, Yehuda (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138187275 ISBN-13: 9781138187276 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Regional Studies - History | Europe - General |
Dewey: 953.320 |
Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Gulf |
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.85 lbs) 270 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the nineteenth century, the political independence and stability of the Yemen were undermined by outside forces. The Wahabite movement, British naval imperialism and the expansion of the Ottoman Empire all contributed to the decline of the country. The upheavals of the period are the framework of this study of the Jewish community, its leaders and institutions. Messianic fervour and emigration to Palestine were characteristic responses to the difficulties faced by the Jewish community, and while the messiahs and their followers were immediately rejected by the rationalists and authorities, the close links between the Jews of the Yemen and Palestine were only broken as a result of the First World War. This book, first published in 1991, is not only an important contribution to scholarly work on the history of Muslim/Jewish relations, but also a vivid description of a Sephardi community which is now gone. |