This book examines new and fascinating archive material on the Jews of Yemen 1900-50.
Ch. 2 (pp. 19-88) presents a history of the Yemenite Jewish communities against the background of political events between 1800-1914. This history was marked by restrictions, persecutions, and outbursts against...
Discusses messianism in nineteenth-century Yemen as a social and cultural phenomenon and traces the early roots of both Jewish and Muslim messianism in Yemen from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries with attention to messianic movements ...
This book, first published in 1991, is not only an important contribution to scholarly work on the history of Muslim/Jewish relations, but also a vivid description of a Sephardi community which is now gone.
From the Land of Sheba: Tales of the Jews of Yemen
This book, "Passover Haggadah The Original Tradition of the Jews of Yemen" ,is the only Yemenite Haggadah with English translation and has special features: - Hebrew and English text, side by side - printed in four colors - Marvelous color ...
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The Yemenites: Two Thousand Years of Jewish Culture
In Traditional Society in Transition Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman examines the Yemeni Jewish existence from the mid 19th century onwards.
Mark S. Wagner draws on autobiographical writings to study the careers of three Jewish intermediaries who used their knowledge of Islamic law to manipulate the shari‘a for their own benefit and for the good of their community.