15・16世紀オスマン帝国史研究におけるヘブライ語史料の重要性 : レスポンサを中心に

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This article presents some Hebrew sources from the Ottoman period, with a stress on the "Response" (in Hebrew, "Sh'elot u Tshuvot" meaning "queries and replies"), written by the Jewish rabbinates, including Rabbi David Ibn Abi Zimra of Cairo. These Hebrew sources do not necessarily cover all aspects of Ottoman society but rather deal mainly with issues and affairs of the Jewish Communities of the period. Though supplementary as Professor Jacob Landau mentioned, they will surely shed lights on our understanding of the Jewish private commercial activities and their Mediterranean trade networks. They offer valuable information which is not included in the archival and chronicle sources of the Ottomans. Considering the extensive commercial activities of the Jewry, the Resonsa sources will have greater significance not only to Jewish studies specialists but also to reseachers of the Ottoman social and economic history and of the Mediterranean history as well.
1989-03-31