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- The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near East
- The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near East
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Field of History and the Fields of Iraq
- 2 Jewish Occupational Choice and Urbanization in Iraq
- 3 Conversion to Islam among the Jews of Early ʿAbbāsid Iraq
- 4 Onomastics, the Cairo Geniza, and Jewish Exceptionalism
- 5 The Early Vulgar Judeo-Arabic Spelling (EPJAS) and Westward Movement
- 6 The Development of Jewish and Islamic Commercial Law in the Early Islamic Centuries
- 7 Migratory Movements throughout the Islamic Mediterranean in the Early Islamic Centuries
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - The Field of History and the Fields of Iraq
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2022
- The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near East
- The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near East
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Field of History and the Fields of Iraq
- 2 Jewish Occupational Choice and Urbanization in Iraq
- 3 Conversion to Islam among the Jews of Early ʿAbbāsid Iraq
- 4 Onomastics, the Cairo Geniza, and Jewish Exceptionalism
- 5 The Early Vulgar Judeo-Arabic Spelling (EPJAS) and Westward Movement
- 6 The Development of Jewish and Islamic Commercial Law in the Early Islamic Centuries
- 7 Migratory Movements throughout the Islamic Mediterranean in the Early Islamic Centuries
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, I trace out the history of the idea that Jewish urbanization under early Islamic regimes and subsequent migration under an Islamic "commercial revolution" were responsible for the development and expansion of the Jewish community of North Africa.
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- The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near EastTracing the Demographic Shift from East to West, pp. 1 - 43Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022