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Jewish identities in Iran : resistance and conversion to Islam and the Baha'i faith / Mehrdad Amanat.

بواسطة:نوع المادة : نصنصالسلاسل:Library of modern religion ; 9الناشر:London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2011وصف:xi, 279 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cmنوع المحتوى:
  • text
نوع الوسائط:
  • unmediated
نوع الناقل:
  • volume
تدمك:
  • 9781845118914 (hbk)
  • 184511891X (hbk)
الموضوع:تصنيف مكتبة الكونجرس:
  • DS135.I7 A43 2011
المحتويات:
Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. The Jewish Presence in Pre-Islamic and medieval Iran; 2. Jewish Conversions in the Safavid and Early Qajar Periods; 3. Emergence of the Baha'i Alternative; 4. New Forms of Conversion; 5. Uncertainty and Conviction: Early Examples of Conversion; 6. Rayhan Rayhani: A Peddler Living throught critical times; 7. Aqajan Shakeri: Miseries of a Jewish Life; 8. The Hafez Al-Sehheh Family: Privileges and Perils of Conversion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
ملخص:For minority faith groups living in nineteenth-century Iran, religious conversion to Islam - both voluntary and forced - was the primary means of social integration and assimilation. However, why was it that some Persian Jews instead embraced the emergent Baha'i Faith, which was subject to harsher persecution that Judaism? Mehrdad Amanat explores the conversion experiences of Jewish families during this time, and examines the fluid, multiple religious identities that many converts adopted. The religious fluidity exemplified in the widespread voluntary conversion of Iranian Jews to Baha'ism pre
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كتاب كتاب UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة DS135.I7 A43 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) C.1 Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط 30010000268422
كتاب كتاب UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة DS135.I7 A43 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) C.2 المتاح 30010000268423

Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-272) and index.

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Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. The Jewish Presence in Pre-Islamic and medieval Iran; 2. Jewish Conversions in the Safavid and Early Qajar Periods; 3. Emergence of the Baha'i Alternative; 4. New Forms of Conversion; 5. Uncertainty and Conviction: Early Examples of Conversion; 6. Rayhan Rayhani: A Peddler Living throught critical times; 7. Aqajan Shakeri: Miseries of a Jewish Life; 8. The Hafez Al-Sehheh Family: Privileges and Perils of Conversion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

For minority faith groups living in nineteenth-century Iran, religious conversion to Islam - both voluntary and forced - was the primary means of social integration and assimilation. However, why was it that some Persian Jews instead embraced the emergent Baha'i Faith, which was subject to harsher persecution that Judaism? Mehrdad Amanat explores the conversion experiences of Jewish families during this time, and examines the fluid, multiple religious identities that many converts adopted. The religious fluidity exemplified in the widespread voluntary conversion of Iranian Jews to Baha'ism pre

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