Statement

These incidents aside, being one of the empire's many ethnic groups, Byzantine Jews lived a comparatively stable life. The traveler Benjamin of Tudela observed that 'there is much hatred against them', yet the Jews are 'rich and good men, charitable and religious'. In the eleventh century conditions were welcoming enough to draw immigrants. Centers of study arose in Thebes and Constantinople, and Jewish merchants did well in the textile trade despite efforts to keep them out of silk.

References

1. p. 210

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: In the Byzantine Empire

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2. p. 210

   supports · boxed feature · ch. 7

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: In the Byzantine Empire

   Verification anchor recorded · checked against the page text