The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: Culture, Politics, and the Formation of a Modern Diaspora Volume 11

by Joel Beinin

Book Overview

Egypt's indigenous Jewish population comprised Arabic-speaking Rabbanite and Karaite Jews, some of whom had been in the country since the early Islamic era. Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 took... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520211758
• ISBN13: 9780520211759
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"