Jewish Life in Muslim Libya: Rivals and Relatives by Harvey E. Goldberg - 1990-05-18

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Univ of Chicago Press, 1990,. pbk 181pp ISBN 0226300927 excellent as new

Univ of Chicago Press, 1990,. pbk 181pp ISBN 0226300927 excellent as new

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Paperback / softback. New. In 1949 more than 35,000 Jews lived in Libya, but close to ninety percent had left before Libya attained its independence in 1952. Jewish Life in Muslim Libya combines historical and anthropological perspectives in depicting the changing relations between Muslims and Jews in Libya from the early nineteenth century up to the middle of the twentieth century. Harvey E. Goldberg shows that the cultural and religious worlds of the Jewish and Muslim communities in Libya were deeply intertwined in daily life and largely remained so despite political and social changes under successive Ottoman and Italian rule. He documents the intricate symbolic linkages of Jews and Muslims in different periods and in a variety of settings. His accounts of traditional Jewish weddings, of mock fights between Jewish teams that took place in early nineteenth-century Tripoli, and of the profession of street peddling demonstrate that, despite age-old images of Jews as outsiders or infidels, Jews were… Read More

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1990. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 202 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1990. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 202 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches.

University of Chicago Press, 1990-05-18. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!