Jews in Carthage

History of the Jews in Carthage refers to the history and presence of people of Jewish ancestry in ancient Carthage.

Carthage (from the Phoenician Kart-Hadasht, the "New City", written without vowels in Punic as Qrthdst) was a city in North Africa located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis, across from the center of modern Tunis in Tunisia. It remains a popular tourist attraction.

There are a number of varying opinions held by historians and scholars as to exactly when Jews came to Carthage and what role they played in the rise and subsequent life of the city, empire and culture associated with the name of Carthage and the Carthaginians, also known as the Punics.

The Jewish Encyclopedia has a lengthy article about the "Jews in Carthage" tracing various links in sources or by Jews with Carthage:

The Jewish Virtual Library basing itself on sources from the Encyclopedia Judaica assert that:

Various Christian and general scholars have written about the Jews in Carthage, such as in a Cambridge University Press study on "The Jews in Carthage and Western North Africa, 66 - 235 CE" and others who have delved into the topic from a variety of perspectives ranging from conventional to controversial perspectives.

Carthage was founded from Tyre. According to the Bible, the city of Tyre and Sidon, were part of the tribe of Asher.

″even unto great Zidon; And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre″

The famous Arab historian and sociologist Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406 years), who himself came from Tunisia (former center of Carthage Power), in his books on the Berbers asserted that Berber to convert to Islam, professed Judaism. Berbers rules Kahina.

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