Judaism in South India, 849–1489: Relocating Malabar Jewry (Jewish Engagements)

by: Ophira Gamliel (Author)

Publisher: Arc Humanities Press

Publication Date: 2023/11/30

Language: English

Print Length: 202 pages

ISBN-10: 1641890673

ISBN-13: 9781641890670

Book Description

Jewish presence in the Malabar Coast of southweste India is attested since the ninth century in various sources and diverse languages. Malabar Jewry emerged out of the Indian Ocean maritime trade networks that connected people and communities in West and South Asia forging kinship alliances and cross-cultural exchange. This book traces the evolution of Malabar Jewry in the history of contact and exchange that gave rise to Indo-Arab coastal communities in the period between 849 and 1489.

About the Author

Jewish presence in the Malabar Coast of southweste India is attested since the ninth century in various sources and diverse languages. Malabar Jewry emerged out of the Indian Ocean maritime trade networks that connected people and communities in West and South Asia forging kinship alliances and cross-cultural exchange. This book traces the evolution of Malabar Jewry in the history of contact and exchange that gave rise to Indo-Arab coastal communities in the period between 849 and 1489.