Northern Arabia and its jewry in early rabbinic sources: more than meets the eye
Abstract: Early Rabbinic textual comments on the Jews of Arabia are widely considered terse and general, leading to the assumption that they have little information to offer and prompting scholars to seek knowledge in other sources. The article confronts this conventional wisdom by citing Mishnaic,...
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente
2019
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| Sumario: | Abstract: Early Rabbinic textual comments on the Jews of Arabia are widely considered terse and general, leading to the assumption that they have little information to offer and prompting scholars to seek knowledge in other sources. The article confronts this conventional wisdom by citing Mishnaic, Talmudic, and Midrashic references to Arabian geography and settlements that yield important if not conclusive findings on points that have been inadequately discussed thus far. |
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