The Open court . d the so-cial relations of the Jews in theByzantine Empire. Justin ( 523) excluded all non-Chris-tians from holding any officeor dignity in the state. In the MoDhi;:. h VM^ii S\ reign of Justinian the enactmentsagainst the Jews were made more onerous. No wonder that dur-ing his reign many rebellions broke out among the Jews. Fromthe reign of Justinian the position of the Jews in the Greek Empirebecame such as to prevent their possessing any vestige of politicalimportance. True, they carried on theological studies in the coun-try of their fathers, especially at Ti
The Open court . d the so-cial relations of the Jews in theByzantine Empire. Justin ( 523) excluded all non-Chris-tians from holding any officeor dignity in the state. In the MoDhi;:. h VM^ii S\ reign of Justinian the enactmentsagainst the Jews were made more onerous. No wonder that dur-ing his reign many rebellions broke out among the Jews. Fromthe reign of Justinian the position of the Jews in the Greek Empirebecame such as to prevent their possessing any vestige of politicalimportance. True, they carried on theological studies in the coun-try of their fathers, especially at Tiberias. But even here the lastsurviving gleam of their ancient glory was soon extinguished. Thedignity of the patriarch had ceased to exist with the year 429, andthe link connecting the different synagogues of the Eastern Empirewas broken. Many Jews quitted Palestine and the Byzantine Em-pire to seek refuge in Persia and Babylonia, where they were morefavored. When, in 1455, Constantinople was taken by the Turks,. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE JEWS. 273 some of the Jewish exiles from Spain and Portugal took refuge inthe ancient capital of the Eastern Empire, where the number oftheir descendants is now considerable. In the peninsula of Arabia the Jews had dwelt from time im-memorial. Before the time of Mohammed the Jews were very pros-perous there, and even a Jewish kingdom under Jewish kings issaid to have existed there. When the prophet of Mecca made hisappearance he found the Jews in general favorably disposed towardhim. Several of the Jewish tribes became even his open parti-
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