Jews and the Mediterranean (Paperback)

What does an understanding of Jewish history contribute to the study of the Mediterranean, and what can Mediterranean studies contribute to our knowledge of Jewish history? Jews and the Mediterranean considers the historical potency and uniqueness of what happens when Sephardi, Mizrahi, and Ashkenazi Jews meet in the Mediterranean region. By focusing on the specificity of the Jewish experience, the essays gathered in this volume emphasize human agency and culture over the length of Mediterranean history. This collection draws attention to what made Jewish people distinctive and warns against facile notions of Mediterranean connectivity, diversity, fluidity, and hybridity, presenting a new assessment of the Jewish experience in the Mediterranean.

Jessica Marglin is assistant professor of Religion and the Ruth Ziegler Early Career Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Southern California.

Matthias Lehmann

is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, where holds the Teller Family Chair in Jewish History.

Seth Schwartz

is the Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization, and Professor of History and of Classics, at Columbia University.

Jonathan Ray

is the Samuel Eig Professor of Jewish Studies at Georgetown University.

Andrew Berns

is Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Carolina.

Daniel Hershenzon

is an Associate Professor in the Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages at the University of Connecticut.

Corey Tazzara

is assistant professor of history at Scripps College.

Francesca Bregoli

is Associate Professor of History at Queens College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and holds the Joseph and Oro Halegua Chair in Greek and Sephardic Jewish Studies at Queens College.

Constanze Kolbe

is a visiting scholar at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle and recipient of the Ephraim Urbach Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture.

Devi Mays

is an Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies and History at the University of Michigan.

Clémence Boulouque

is the Carl and Bernice Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies at Columbia University.

Matthias Lehmann is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, where he holds the Teller Family Chair in Jewish History. He is author of Ladino Rabbinic Literature and Ottoman Sephardic Culture, Emissaries from the Holy Land, and (with John Efron and Steve Weitzman) The Jews: A History.

Jessica Marglin is Assistant Professor of Religion and the Ruth Ziegler Early Career Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Southern California. She is author of Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco.

Matthias Lehmann is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, where he holds the Teller Family Chair in Jewish History. He is author of Ladino Rabbinic Literature and Ottoman Sephardic Culture, Emissaries from the Holy Land, and (with John Efron and Steve Weitzman) The Jews: A History.

Jessica Marglin is Assistant Professor of Religion and the Ruth Ziegler Early Career Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Southern California. She is author of Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco.

Jessica Marglin is assistant professor of Religion and the Ruth Ziegler Early Career Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Southern California.

Matthias Lehmann

is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, where holds the Teller Family Chair in Jewish History.

Seth Schwartz

is the Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization, and Professor of History and of Classics, at Columbia University.

Jonathan Ray

is the Samuel Eig Professor of Jewish Studies at Georgetown University.

Andrew Berns

is Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Carolina.

Daniel Hershenzon

is an Associate Professor in the Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages at the University of Connecticut.

Corey Tazzara

is assistant professor of history at Scripps College.

Francesca Bregoli

is Associate Professor of History at Queens College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and holds the Joseph and Oro Halegua Chair in Greek and Sephardic Jewish Studies at Queens College.

Constanze Kolbe

is a visiting scholar at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle and recipient of the Ephraim Urbach Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture.

Devi Mays

is an Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies and History at the University of Michigan.

Clémence Boulouque

is the Carl and Bernice Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies at Columbia University.