Mind and Soul
Jewish Thinking in Morocco

Marc Eliany (c) All Rights Reserved

Table of Content

A Brief Social History of the Jews in Morocco (in development)

1013-1103
Synthesis and Simplification in Rabbinical Thinking in North Africa according to Rabbi Isaac AlFasi

1135-1204
Reconciliation between Rationalism and Jewish belief Systems in North Africa and Spain and Maimonides

1300 – 1948
Sainthood, Lineage and Social Stratification in Jewish Morocco

1492 – 1992
Between Lisbon and Marakesh: The ‘Inhabitants’ versus ‘Expelled’ Controversy The case for oral history in education

1570 – 1807
Comfort in Cabbala and Zion – the Case of Rabbi Abraham Azoulay and his Contemporaries.

1610-1698
Rationalism and Mysticism – Spanish Portuguese Jews in Morocco in the time of Rabbi Yaacov Sasportas

1691-1743
Facts and Fictions in Rabbinical Accounts in relation to Rabbi Haim Ben Atar

1511-1792
Exploitation and Abuse Between Moroccan Kings and Jewish Leaders:
Palagi, Mimran and Ben Atar

1822-1859
Sainthood and the Relationship between Zion and Moroccan Jewry:
The Case of David O’ Moshé

1808-1880
Theological Conceptions of Existence among Moroccan Jews based on the Writings of Rabbi Yaacov Avi Hatsira

Burial Societies of Moroccan Jews and the Fes Jewish Cemetery

Artistic Creation and the Moroccan Jewish Diaspora

The Extraordinary in Storytelling in Jewish Morocco

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