Jews in an Arab Land: Libya, 1835-1970 - Paperback

by Renzo De Felice (Author), Judith Roumani (Translator), Rafello Fellah (Introduction by)

Internationally renowned scholar Renzo De Felice's pioneering study of the Jews of Libya is, in many ways, a microcosm of the major sources of conflict in the modern Middle East. This is the first English translation of Ebrei in un paese arabo, originally published by Il Mulino, Bologna, in 1978.

The author's broad-ranging and meticulous research has enabled him to reconstruct the contemporary history of the Jews in Libya with an incredible richness of detail, bringing into vivid relief the social, religious, cultural, and political lives of a people caught between centuries of tradition and a series of governments bent on plunging them headfirst into the modern world. This story--fraught with the passion, drama, tragicomedy, and conflict of a society in transition--will be an invaluable resource for scholars in Middle Eastern studies, Jewish studies, and contemporary European history. The wealth of documentation, much of it previously unknown or unpublished, makes this a particularly useful book.

Author Biography

Renzo De Felice (1929-1996) was Professor of the History of Political Parties at the University of Rome. The Jews in Fascist Italy and a multi-volume biography of Mussolini are among his publications. Translator Judith Roumani is Director of the Jewish Institute of Pitigliano, Italy.