Jewish Life Under Islam: Jerusalem in the Sixteenth Century by Amnon Cohen
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Overview: This portrait of Jewish life in Jerusalem during the first century of Ottoman rule brings new understanding of the relations between the Jewish community and the ruling Muslims.
Amnon Cohen draws a full historical tableau from extensive archives heretofore avoided by historians because of extremely difficult and variant scripts: the court records from this period, including rulings of local judges in Arabic and Turkish decrees sent from Istanbul. Cohen gives a vivid picture of the population and leadership of the Jewish community, religious institutions and practices, financial affairs, social standing, treatment of Jews by the Muslim courts, and dominant crafts and trade.
Important conclusions emerge about the extent to which the Jews in Jerusalem had control over community affairs; their role—and integration—in the city’s economy; their religious and judicial rights; the role of Jewish women; and the nature and extent of inequality—legal, economic, and social.
Cohen’s book illuminates not only the Jewish community and reality of the Holy Land, but the Ottoman system during its golden age.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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