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A vision of Yemen : the travels of a European Orientalist and his native guide : a translation of Hayyim Habshush's travelogue
Ruʼyā al-Yaman. English
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- Creator
- Alan Verskin
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 254 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781503607736, 1503607739, 9781503607033, 1503607038, 9781503607743
- OCLC
- on1032288500
- Translated from the Judeo-Arabic and the Hebrew.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Translated from the Hebrew and the Judeo-Arabic.
- Introduction : Ḥayyim Ḥabshūsh and the European explorers -- The people and politics of Yemen -- A note on the text and translation -- A vision of Yemen by Ḥayyim Ḥabshūsh -- Arrival in Yemen -- Excavations in Ghaymān -- Jews, Muslims and foreigners in Ṣanʻāʼ -- Strangers among the tribes -- Clients and patrons -- Death and ruins -- Jews bearing arms -- An ordeal in the desert -- The honor code of the Najrānī Jews -- Persecution -- The Bedouin -- The city of Mārib and return to Ṣanʻāʼ
Subjects
- Ḥabshush, Ḥayyim, 1839-1899 -- Travel -- Yemen (Republic)
- Halévy, J. (Joseph), 1827-1917 -- Travel -- Yemen (Republic)
- Jews -- Travel -- Yemen (Republic)
- Jews -- Yemen (Republic) -- Social life and customs.
- Yemen (Republic) -- Description and travel.
- Yemen (Republic) -- Social life and customs.
- Yemen (Republic) -- Ethnic relations.
- Jewish-Arab relations.