The New Babylonian Diaspora - The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Community in Iraq, 16th-20th Centuries C.E

The New Babylonian Diaspora: Rise and Fall of Jewish Community in Iraq, 16th-20th Centuries C.E. provides a historical survey of the Iraqi Jewish community's evolution from the apex of its golden age to its disappearance, emergence, rapid growth and annihilation.

About the author

Zvi Yehuda, Ph.D. (Jerusalem, 1982) is the director of the Research Institute of Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center (Israel) and the editor of its publications. He has authored or edited more than twenty volumes published numerous articles and five documented films. He is also responsible for the research in the Babylonian Jewry Museum.

Product details

• Authors: Zvi Yehuda
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2017
• EAN: 9789004354005
• ISBN: 978-90-04-35400-5
• No. of pages: 324
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Series: Brill Reference Library of Jud
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories