{"product_id":"modernity-minority-and-the-public-sphere-jews-and-christians-in-the-middle-east-9789004322905","title":"Modernity, Minority, and the Public Sphere: Jews and Christians in the Middle East","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModernity, Minority, and the Public Sphere: Jews and Christians in the Middle East explores the many facets associated with the questions of modernity and minority in the context religious communities in the Middle East. Focusing on the Jewish and Christian communities of the Middle East and paying special attention to the concept of space and it’s influences on inter-communal dialogues and identity construction this volume presents various examples of how religious communities were perceived and how they perceived themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  Part 1: A Chronology of Space\t\t  Searching for Common Ground: Jews and Christians in the Modern Middle East by H.L. Murre-van den Berg   The Changing Landscape of Muslim-Jewish Relations in the Modern Middle East and North Africa by D. Schroeter   Part 2: Arabic and Its Alternatives\t  Standardized Arabic as a post-Nahḍa Common Ground: Mattai bar Paulus and his Use of Syriac, Arabic, and Garshuni by T. Barda   Jewish Education in Baghdad: Communal Space vs. Public Space by S. Goldstein-Sabbah   Preserving the Catholics of the Holy Land or Integrating Them into the Palestine Nation (1920–1950) By K. Sanchez Summerer  Part 3: Urban Presence \t\t Ottoman Damascus During the Tanzimat: The New Visibility of Religious Distinctions by A. Massot   The King is Dead, Long Live the King!  Jewish funerary performances in the Iraqi public space by A. Schlaepfer  Jerusalem Between Segregation and Integration: Reading Urban Space through the Eyes of Justice Gad Frumkin by Y. Wallach  \t\t\t\t\t  Part 4: Transnationalism\t\t\t  Refugee Camps and the Spatialization of Assyrian Nationalism in Iraq by L. Robson    The League of Nations, A-Mandates and Minority Rights during the Mandate Period in Iraq (1920–1932) H. Müller-Sommerfeld   “Soundtracks of Jerusalem”: YouTube, North African Rappers, and the Fantasies of Resistance by A. Boum  Index  Contributor Biographies","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210688913751,"sku":"9789004322905","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modernity-minority-and-the-public-sphere-jews-and-christians-in-the-middle-east-9789004322905","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}