When and how the Jewish majority in the land of Israel was eliminated
Subtitle: are the Palestinians descendants of Islamized Jews
By: Rivka Shpak Lissak
Publisher: Xlibris
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781503599086; 9781503599079; 9781503599062
Subjects: Jews; History; Population; Minorities; Ethnic relations; Land settlement; Emigration and immigration; Palestinian Arabs; Ethnic identity
Work titles: Matai ṿe-ekh ḥusal ha-rov ha-Yehudi be-Erets Yiśraʼel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Elimination of the Jewish national-cultural entity and the Jewish majority in the Land of Israel. Chapter 1. Colonization and land confiscation under Hellenistic occupation (333-142 BCE); title: Chapter 2. Roman policy (63 BCE-324 CE): to obliterate the Jewish nation, culture, and majority in the Land of Israel; title: Part 2. The Jewish minority preferred emigration to conversion. Chapter 3. The failure of forced conversion of Jews under Christian-Byzantine occupation (324-640 CE); title: Chapter 4. Population composition and Arab settlement in the Land of Israel during the Arab-Muslim occupation (640-1099 CE); title: Part 3. From a Christian majority to a Muslim majority: The Jewish minority survived the Christian and Muslim occupations. Chapter 5. The population of the Land of Israel during the Crusader occupation (1099-1260/1290 CE); title: Chapter 6. Population composition during the Mamluk occupation (1260-1516): elimination of the Christian majority.