This volume is a unique investigation of contemporary Jewish life in a Muslim country and the first ethnography of the Persian-Jewish diaspora, giving the reader a deep appreciation of this relatively unknown culture. The author describes in detail traditional Jewish life in the provincial city of Shiraz and the challenges of coexistence with a Muslim majority.
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Name and Subject Index
Aaron, the High Priest 192
Abbas I 11, 17, 57, 59, 284–6
Abbas II 11, 17, 226–7, 285–6
Aberu see Honor
Abu’aben 198
Abu Isa 280–1
Abu Sa’id b. Daud 281
Abul Hassan Lari 22, 30, 59, 195–6, 286, 292
Acculturation 56, 271–3
Achaemenians 275–6
Acting 153–4
Afiqoman 186
Aggada 186 (see also Seder)
Aljashverosh 197, 275
Akhond 153, 195
’Alaqiye 187
Alcoholism 69–71
’Aliya 7, 98, 166, 263–70
to Tora 232, 256
Alliance Israelite Universelle 33, 60, 61, 75, 132, 134–6, 288–9
Al Qazvini 274
Ama 126
Amina see Binyamin ben Misha’el
Amrani 29, 258
Amu 126
Amulet 211, 213–6, 240
Anderun see Harem
Animal sacrifice 188, 190, 204, 252–4, 265
Anjoman 24, 36, 62–3, 69, 74–5, 240–1, 252, 271–2
Anjoman-e Daneshjuwan-e Yahud-e Shiraz 65–6
Anjoman-e Javanan 65–6
Antisemitism 78
Apostate 175 (see also Abul Hassan Lari)
Appearance, physical see Phenotype
Arabs 6, 26, 269–70, 279–80, 295–6
Aramaic 242
Arbitration of disputes...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction to the Series
- Acknowledgments
- List of Tables
- List of Plates
- Author’s Note
- Preface
- I. Introduction
- II. “Outcaste”: Shi’a Intolerance
- III. Shiraz in Jewish History
- IV. The Jewish Community in Shiraz
- V. Subsistence, Economic Adaptation and Social Conformity
- VI. Basic Social Relations
- VII. Formal Education
- VIII. Arts, Amusements and Leisure Time
- IX. Shirazi Jewish Ethics and Attitudes: A “Little Tradition”
- X. Local Religious Practice and the Jewish “Great Tradition”
- XI. Redemption
- Appendices
- Glossary
- References
- Geographic Index
- Name and Subject Index
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