To Come to the Land: Immigration and Settlement in 16th-Century Eretz-Israel

Contents

Contents Maps and Tables ix Preface xi Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 I. Immigration to Eretz-Israel 6 2. Distribution of Settlement 24 3. Economic Life 36 4. Governmental Policy Toward the Jews 48 JERUSALEM 5. The Jewish Quarter 57 6. The Communities 62 7. Communal Organization 73 8. Intellectual Life 79 SAFED 9. The Jewish Quarter 95 10. The Communities 100 1I. Communal Organization 115 12. Centers of Jewish Learning-Structure and Program of Study 120 13. Brief Biographies of Rabbinic Personalities in Eretz-Israel 138 Notes 173 Glossary 253 Bibliography 257 Index of Persons and places 291 Subject Index 301 ...