NO OF PAGES: 376 SUB CAT I: Arfrican Jews SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: This book is the result of twenty years of research into the Jewish communities of North Africa and covers a period of more than two thousand years in the history of those communities.NOTES: SUBTITLE: A History of the Jews of North Africa

Introduction

PART 1. FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE BYZANTINE PERIOD

The Carthaginian Era: 813-146 B.C.E.
Pax Romana: 146 B.C.E.-430 C.E.
Vandals and Byzantines: 430-642 C.E.

PART 2. THE RULE OF ISLAM

The Moslem Conquest of the Maghreb: 642-ca. 900
The Status of the Jews under Islam
Judaism in the Maghreb: The Oriental Components
Judaism in the Maghreb: The Spanish Component
The Condition of the Jews in the Nineteenth Century

PART 3. THE FRENCH PERIOD

The Emancipation of Algerian Jewry: 1830-1962
The Status of the Jews in Tunisia (1881-1956) and French Morocco (1912-1956)
Population Trends Among the Jewish Communities
Facing West
Social Conditions
Judaism in Modern Times