Between Scylla and Charybdis

Between Scylla and Charybdis
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Total Pages : 795
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ISBN-10 : 9789004192454
ISBN-13 : 900419245X
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Download or read book Between Scylla and Charybdis written by Shlomo Simonsohn and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-04-11 with total page 795 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Jews in Sicily covers a period of over a thousand years, from Antiquity to the Expulsion, based on some 40,000 archival records, most of them hitherto unpublished. It illustrates the political, legal, economic, social and religious vicissitudes of the Jewish minority and its relations with the surrounding majority of Romans, Moslems and Christians. While the antecedents of the Jewish presence on the island are shrouded in mystery, more and more historical records surface with the passage of time.


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