Study Guide for Avigdor Levy, "The Structure of the Jewish Community"
Avigdor Levy is Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis
University.
What was the institutional arrangement that the Ottomans made with
non-Muslim minority communities?
How would you evaluate the position of Jews in the Ottoman state in
the time period of discussion?
How did their position compare with those of other non-Muslim groups?
Orthodox Christians? Armenian Christians? Catholics?