The Dönme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks

by Marc David Baer

Book Overview

This book tells the story of the D nme, the descendents of Jews who resided in the Ottoman Empire and converted to Islam along with their messiah, Rabbi Shabbatai Tzevi, in the seventeenth century. For two centuries following their conversion, the D nme were accepted as Muslims, and by the end of the nineteenth century rose to the top of Salonikan society. The D nme helped transform Salonika into a cosmopolitan city, promoting the newest innovation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804768684
• ISBN13: 9780804768689
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"