The ʿAssāf family of Miʿilya
An example of a Greek Catholic family in the Western Upper Galilee, eighteenth–twenty-first centuries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10279606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rabei G Khamisy (0000-0002-2256-0864, Department of Archaeology, The Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 917-935 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00263206.2018.1468321 |
| OpenAlex | W2803316557 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article sheds light on the Melkite Catholics in Galilee. It strengthens the assumption that many Melkite Catholics arrived in the Acre region during Ḍāhir al-ʿUmar's reign (1730s–1775), and it shows that relations between the Christians and adherents of other faiths were good enough in day-to-day life, allowing the Christians to develop their business and to share important properties with Muslims. It also shows that some familial traditions have been preserved since the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the branch of the ʿAssāf family discussed here preserved the tradition of higher education and business. This study proves that in the village of Miʿilyā, and probably in other Christian villages, there is a relationship between the arrival date of the families, the location of their quarters in the villages and the feasts that they are responsible for. In Miʿilyā, the earlier families settled the castle and were responsible for the most important feast days
Acre · Ancient history · Political science · Politics · Reign · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |