Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Jews in the Medieval Islamic World
- A. The Islamic World in the Middle Ages
- B. Regional Surveys
- Chapter 4 The Maghrib and Egypt
- Chapter 5 The Jews of Muslim Spain
- Chapter 6 Beyond Crescent and Cross
- Chapter 7 Yemen and India from the rise of Islam to 1500
- Chapter 8 The Jews of Northern Arabia in Early Islam
- Chapter 9 Judaism in Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Chapter 10 The Islamic East
- Part II Social and Institutional History
- Part III Spiritual and Intellectual History
- Index
- References
Chapter 9 - Judaism in Pre-Islamic Arabia
from B. - Regional Surveys
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Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Jews in the Medieval Islamic World
- A. The Islamic World in the Middle Ages
- B. Regional Surveys
- Chapter 4 The Maghrib and Egypt
- Chapter 5 The Jews of Muslim Spain
- Chapter 6 Beyond Crescent and Cross
- Chapter 7 Yemen and India from the rise of Islam to 1500
- Chapter 8 The Jews of Northern Arabia in Early Islam
- Chapter 9 Judaism in Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Chapter 10 The Islamic East
- Part II Social and Institutional History
- Part III Spiritual and Intellectual History
- Index
- References
Summary
According to chroniclers and Byzantine hagiographers, the kingdom of Ḥimyar, whose capital was located in Yemen but whose territory encompassed the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, was Jewish at the beginning of the sixth century ce. The Islamic scholarly tradition confirms this fact and notes that Judaism was introduced to Yemen by an ancient king. The same sources also mention influential Jewish communities in northwestern Arabia.
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