| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 225 pages) |
| Series |
Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies |
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Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies
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| Contents |
Introduction: Jewish History in the Mediterranean, the Mediterranean in Jewish History / Jessica M. Marglin and Matthias B. Lehmann -- 1. Globalization or Culture: The Ancient Jews and the Mediterranean / Seth Schwartz -- 2. The New Melting Pot? Mediterraneanism andthe Study of Jewish History / Jonathan Ray -- 3. Can We Speak of a Geographical Axis in Medieval Jewish Culture? / Andrew Berns -- 4. Jews and the Early Modern Mediterranean Slave Trade / Daniel Hershenzon -- 5. Religious Boundaries in Italy during an Era of Free Trade,1550-1750: The Case of Livorno / Corey Tazzara |
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6. A Father's Consolation: Intracultural Ties and Religion in a Trans-Mediterranean Jewish Commercial Network / Francesca Bregoli -- 7. Soap and the Making of a Short-Distance Network in the Nineteenth-Century Adriatic / Constanze Kolbe -- 8. A Guide to the Jewish Mediterranean: Le Guide Sam and the Shaping of an Interwar Mediterranean Diaspora / Devi Mays -- 9. A New Myth of Coexistence? The Jewish Mediterranean Dream and the Three Ages of Nostalgia / Clémence Boulouque -- Index |
| Summary |
A selection of essays examining the significance of what Jewish history and Mediterranean studies contribute to our knowledge of the other. Jews and the Mediterranean considers the historical potency and uniqueness of what happens when Sephardi, Mizrahi, and Ashkenazi Jews meet in the Mediterranean region. By focusing on the specificity of the Jewish experience, the essays gathered in this volume emphasize human agency and culture over the length of Mediterranean history. This collection draws attention to what made Jewish people distinctive and warns against facile notions of Mediterranean connectivity, diversity, fluidity, and hybridity, presenting a new assessment of the Jewish experience in the Mediterranean.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Sephardim -- Mediterranean Region -- History
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Ashkenazim -- Mediterranean Region -- History
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Mizrahim -- Mediterranean Region -- History
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Ashkenazim
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Civilization
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Mizrahim
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Sephardim
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| SUBJECT |
Mediterranean Region -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083231
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| Subject |
Mediterranean Region
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lehmann, Matthias B., 1970- editor
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Marglin, Jessica M., editor
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| ISBN |
9780253047991 |
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0253047994 |
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9780253048004 |
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0253048001 |
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