Jewish identities in Iran : resistance and conversion to Islam and the Baha'i faith /
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 hars...
| Основен автор: | Amanat, Mehrdad. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
I.B. Tauris,
2011.
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| Серия: |
Library of modern religion ;
9. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=380564 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Jewish Identities in Iran. |
Съдържание:
- 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 through 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.