The Jews Of Iraq: 3000 Years Of History And Culture

Contents
Preface
Part One: From the Assyrian Captivity to the Arab Conquest (731 BC-AD 641)
	1. Roots
	2. The Lure of Exile
	3. The Scribes and the Birth of the Synagogue
	4. The Way They Lived
	5. Greeks, Romans, Seleucids, Sassanians
	6. Family, Home and Education
	7. A Neat Division of Labour: Exilarch and Gaon
	8. From Mishnah to Talmud
	9. The Talmud in Action
	10. Babylonia Assumes Leadership
Part Two: The Encounter with Islam (641-1850)
	11. A Deep Sigh of Relief
	12. Islam and the Jews: Theory and Practice
	13. Baghdad’s Jewish Population
	14. Messianism and Karaism: Rabbinic Judaism Challenged
	15. Saadia’s Legacy
	16. The Last of the Geonim
	17. The Dark Ages of Iraqi Jewry
	18. Lasting Imprint
	19. 100 Years of Turmoil
	20. Recovery and Reassertion
Part Three: A Century of Radical Change (1850—1951)
	21. The Road to Equality
	22. Exilarch to Nasi to Hakham Bashi
	23. The Impact of Modern Education
	24. World War 1
	25. Rumours of a Brave New World
	26. Mandate and Independence
	27. The Farhud and its Consequences
	28. Youth in Revolt
	29. The Politics of Extortion
	30. The Exodus
Appendix: The Organization of the Community
Chronology
Select Bibliography
Source Notes
	Part One
	1: Roots
	2 : The Lure of Exile
	3: The Scribes and the Birth of the Synagogue
	4 : The Way They Lived
	5: Greeks, Romans, Seleucids, Sassanians
	6 : Family, Home and Education
	7 : A Neat Division of Labour : Exilarch and Gaon
	8: From Mishnah to Talmud
	9	: The Talmud in Action
	io	: Babylonia Assumes Leadership
	Part Two
	11	: A Deep Sigh of Relief
	i2	: Islam and the Jews : Theory and Practice
	13: Baghdad’s Jewish Population
	14: Messianism and Karaism: Rabbinic Judaism Challenged
	15: Saadia’s Legacy
	16: The Last of the Geonim
	17 : The Dark Ages of Iraqi Jewry
	18: Lasting Imprint
	19:100 Years of Turmoil
	20	: Recovery and Reassertion
	Part Three
	21	: The Road to Equality
	22	: Exilarch to Nasi to Hakham Bashi
	23	: The Impact of Modern Education
	24: World War i
	25	: Rumours of a Brave New World
Index