A Nostalgic Trip into the History of the Jews of Iraq

by Dallal, Reading A.

• ISBN13: 9780761812258
• ISBN10: 0761812253
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-22
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

A Nostalgic Trip into the History of the Jews of Iraq presents a history of the oldest Jewish community in the world. Translated from the work of Y.R. Ghanimah, the first Assyrian Christian to write a book on this subject and an acclaimed Christian who dedicated his life to serve the public, it contains facts and stories about the Iraqi Jewish Community from the Garden of Eden through 1924. The author also discusses the Assyrian, Jewish, and Christian Persecutions in Iraqi history. The translator adds a depiction of the modern history of the Jews in Iraq, exposing the rise of anti-Semitism there during this century and completing a thorough history of the Jewish people in Iraq.

Table of Contents

Prologue	1	(15)
A Nostalgic Trip into the History of the Jews of Iraq	16	(1)
Ghanimah's Publications	17	(2)
Word of the Publisher	19	(2)
Introduction to the Book	21	(2)
The Torah and Iraq	23	(2)
The Garden of Eden and Its Rivers	25	(4)
The Flood and Mt. Ararat	29	(2)
Nimrod Kingdom	31	(18)
Babylon	33	(6)
Nineveh	39	(4)
Rechovot	43	(2)
Kalech	45	(2)
Rasen	47	(2)
The Tower of Babylon	49	(10)
The Jews in the Babylonian and Assyrian Eras	59	(12)
Medes and the Persians	71	(12)
The Hebrew Language and Its Culture in Babylon	83	(10)
Iraqi Jewry in the Arabian Period	93	(26)
The Jews of Iraq During the Period of the Mongols and the Tatars	119	(8)
The Iraqi Jews under Turkish Rule	127	(18)
The Jews of Today Under British Occupation and the Iraqi Arabian Government	145	(6)
Jewish Religious Shrines in Iraq	151	(16)
The Grave of Ezra the Scribe	151	(4)
The Burial of the Prophet Ezekiel	155	(4)
Joshua the High Priest	159	(2)
Sheik Isaac El Gaoni	161	(3)
The Shrine of Nachum El Lakushi	164	(3)
Summary and Update	167	(14)
About the Translator and the Editor	181	(2)
Bibliography for Introduction	183	(6)
Footnotes for Introduction	189	(4)
Bibliography used by Ghanimah	193	(4)
Endnotes	197	(27)
Index for Map and Pictures	224