Elinoar BareketProfessor Elinoar Bareket is a Senior Lecturer at Achva Academic College, under the academic auspices of Ben-Gurion University, and at Sapir Academic College. Her published works include The Gaonite Era: Jews Under Islamic Rule During the 7th to 12thCenturies (2007). She is a recognized authority on Jewish communities under Islamic rule in the 11th century, with emphasis on communities and the centers of authority in Palestine and Babylonia. Her latest research involves early Jewish literary and poetic writings as a means of understanding political and sociological messages. Read More Read Less