ISBN:
9789004497184
,
9789004112650
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
1999
Series Statement:
Études sur le judaïsme médiéval 21
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Jews of Yemen : Studies in their History and Culture
Keywords:
Ethnic relations
;
Jews History
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
Judeo-Arabic philology
Abstract:
This volume deals with one of the most peculiar Jewish communities in the Diaspora, the Jews of Yemen. Their history began a long time before the advent in 622 AD of Islam. Their political and social highpoint came during the last generations of the Judaized Yemenite Kingdom of Himyar (c. 400-525). This book contains 16 studies, encompassing various aspects of Jewish existence in Yemen as a dhimmi (protected) religious minority under Islam: history, social and cultural relations with the Muslim environment, culture, literature and language. Yemenite Jewish traditions are highly esteemed in the modern spiritual and artistic life of the Jewish people both in the State of Israel and in the Diaspora. All the studies in this volume (except one written in collaboration with 'Offer Livneh) are the work of one of the leading scholars of Yemenite Jewry
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004497184
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