Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab World The Roots of Sectarianism

Name: Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab World The Roots of Sectarianism
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ISBN: 9780521005821

ISBN-10: 0521005825

ISBN-13: 9780521005821

Edition: 2004

Authors: Bruce Alan Masters, David Morgan

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Masters explores the history of Christians and Jews in the Arab provinces of the Ottoman empire and how their identities as non-Muslims evolved over four hundred years. At the start of this period, in the sixteenth century, social community was circumscribed by religious identity and non-Muslims lived within the hierarchy established by Muslim law. In the nineteenth century, however, in response to Western influences, a radical change took place. Conflict erupted between Muslims and Christians in different parts of the empire in a challenge to that hierarchy. This marked the beginning, as the author illustrates, of the tensions which have to a large extent inspired the nationalist and…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/25/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction



The limits of tolerance: the social status of non-Muslims in the Ottoman Arab lands



The Ottoman Arab world: a diversity of sects and peoples



Merchants and missionaries in the seventeenth century: the West intrudes



New opportunities and challenges in the 'long' eighteenth century



Intercommunal dissonance in the nineteenth century



After the 'events': the search for community in the twilight of empire


Conclusion