The Jews of Iran in the Nineteenth Century
Aspects of History, Community, and Culture
Biographical note
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.
Readership
All those interested in the history and culture of Jews in Muslim countries in pre-modern and early modern times, Jewish History, Iranian History during the Qajar Period, Jewish Iranian history, community, and culture.
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
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
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