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Jews in the Realm of the Sultans: Ottoman Jewish Society in the Seventeenth Century.
Jews in the Realm of the Sultans: Ottoman Jewish Society in the Seventeenth Century. By YARON BENNAEH, translated by Yohail Goell. Texts and Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Judaism, 22. Tubingen: MOHR SIEBECK, 2008. Pp. xiv + 503. [euro]109.
Jews in the Realm of the Sultans is the English translation of the author's 1999 Hebrew-language dissertation. Based on impressive research utilizing Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Ottoman Turkish, as well as European sources, the author describes in thorough detail the Jewish communities of Salonica, Istanbul, and Izmir--which together accounted for half of Ottoman Jewry--and to a lesser extent analyzes the changes they underwent during the seventeenth ce...See the full content of this document
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