The new Babylonian diaspora : : the rise and fall of the Jewish community in Iraq, 16th-20th centuries C.E. / / by Zvi Yehuda.
The New Babylonian Diaspora: Rise and Fall of Jewish Community in Iraq, 16th–20th Centuries C.E. provides a historical survey of the Iraqi Jewish community's evolution from the apex of its golden age to its disappearance, emergence, rapid growth and annihilation. Making use of Judeo-Arabic news...
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| Superior document: | Brill Reference Library of Judaism, Volume 57 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017. ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill reference library of Judaism ;
Volume 57. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (321 pages) :; illustrations. |
| Notes: | "Published in partnership with The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center (BJHC)." |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- From Destruction to Revival
- Rise and Fall of the New Babylonian Diaspora
- The Jewish Blood-Libel against Christians in Basra (1791)
- Struggle of Iraqi Jewry for Control of Prophet Ezekiel’s Tomb at Kifil (1860)
- Events Surrounding the Burial of Rabbi Abdalla Somekh (1889) and Their Consequences
- The Pogrom (Farhud) of 1941, Reexamination
- Bibliography
- Index.