Homelands and Diasporas: Greeks, Jews and Their Migrations

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Insert Abstract Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents List of Contributors Remarks on the Method of Transliteration Acknowledgements Preface Introduction People of the Book, People of the Sea: Mirror Images of the Soul Part I: The Genesis of Diasporas Chapter One. Exile — The Biblical Perspectives Chapter Two. Between Greek Colony and Mother-City: Some Reflections Part II: Pre-Modern Diaspora: Patterns of Behavior Chapter One. The Jewish Politeuma in Alexandria: A Pattern of Jewish Communal Life in the Greco-Roman Diaspora Chapter Two. Collective Expatriations of Greeks in the Fifteenth Through Seventeenth Centuries Part III: The Diaspora In Its Various Guises A. The Greek Diaspora: Practical Solutions Chapter One. Reconstituting Community: Cultural Differentiation and Identity Politics in Christian Orthodox Communities During the Late Ottom Era Chapter Two. The ‘Old’ Diaspora, the ‘New’ Diaspora, and the Greek Diaspora in the Eigtheenth Through Nineteenth Centuries Vienna Chapter Three. Greek Diaspora in Southern Russia in the Eighteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries Chapter Four. Central and Peripheral Communities in the Greek Diaspora: Interlocal and Local Economic, Political, and Cultural Networks in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries B. The Jewish Diaspora: Spiritual Solutions Chapter Five. A Land Adored Yet Feared: The Land of Israel in Jewish Tradition Chapter Six. Spain, Greece or Jerusalem? The Yearning for the Motherland in the Poetry of Greek Jews Part IV: The Modern World and Its Demise Chapter One. Breaks and Continuities in German-Jewish Identity Chapter Two. The Metamorphosis of Pre-Dubnovian Autonomism Into Diaspora Jewish Nationalism Chapter Three. Does Money Talk? The Struggle Between American Zionists and the Yishuv in the Early 1940s Chapter Four. Greek Orthodox Church Networks in the Near East and the Emergence of Arab Nationalism (1899-1947) Chapter Five. Center and Diaspora in the Struggle for Human Rights: The State of Israel and the Jewish ‘Desaparecidos’ in Argentina During the Military Regime (1976-1983) Chapter Six. Jewish Diaspora and the Privatization of Israeli Society Conclusion. Diaspora, Identity, and Nation-building Notes Index