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Ottoman Jewry: Leadership, Charity, and Literacy

Ottoman Jewry: Leadership, Charity, and Literacy

Ayalon, Yaron

Hardcover

General Asian HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 9004711961
ISBN13: 9789004711969
Publisher: Brill
Published: Dec 19 2024
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.79 Width: 6.39 Depth: 9.45
Language: English
This book is a history of Ottoman Jews that challenges prevailing assumptions about Jews' arrival in the empire, their relations with Muslims, and the role of religious and lay leaders. The book argues that rabbis played a less prominent role as communal and spiritual leaders than we have thought; and that the religious community was one of several frameworks within which Ottoman Jews operated. A focus on charitable and educational communal practices shows that with time Jews preferred to avoid the scrutiny of rabbis and the community, leading to private initiatives that undermined rabbinical and lay authority.

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