Jews of a Saharan Oasis (Paperback, New ed.)

John Hunwick's concise but poignant study of a single Jewish community in the North-Western Sahara provides an African-based refutation to the myth of a pre-Zionist ""Golden Era"" between Muslims and Jews. Thoroughly exploiting the extant (if scant) Arabic writings on the subject, Hunwick examines the rise and purge of a Jewish communal outpost of Tlemcen (now Algeria), which lay in the Touat oasis more than a third of the way to Timbuktu (where Jews also participated in the trans-Saharan trade).Muhammad al-Maghili was a Tlemcen-born cleric who, sometime in the mid-1400s, took violent exception not only to the prosperity of the Jews, but also to their very presence in the midst of Touat. Hunwick implies that al-Maghili's enmity stemmed from economic envy or rage...Al-Maghili then went on to counsel, successfully, banishment of Jews from the Songhay Empire.

General

Imprint:	Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2018
Editors:	John Hunwick
Translators:	John Hunwick
Dimensions:	260 x 290 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
Edition:	New ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-55876-346-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > History > African history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-55876-346-5
Barcode:	9781558763463

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