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

by Bruce Masters

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521005825
• ISBN13: 9780521005821
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"