The Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience
by Jane S. Gerber
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The history of the Jews of Spain is a remarkable story that begins in the remote past and continues today. For more than a thousand years, Sepharad (the Hebrew word for Spain) was home to a large Jewish community noted for its richness and virtuosity. Summarily expelled in 1492 and forced into exile, their tragedy of expulsion marked the end of one critical phase of their history and the beginning of another. Indeed, in defiance of all logic and expectation, the expulsion of the Jews from show more Spain became an occasion for renewed creativity. Nor have five hundred years of wandering extinguished the identity of the Sephardic Jews, or diminished the proud memory of the dazzling civilization, which they created on Spanish soil. This book is intended to serve as an introduction and scholarly guide to that history. show lessTags
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Includes the origins of Jews in Spain, the Muslim Conquest, the Golden Era, Expulsion and Diaspora to Muslim lands and the West
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- Canonical title
- The Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- Isaac Abrabanel; Menasseh ben Israel; Judah Halevi; Hasdai ibn Shaprut; Samuel ibn Negrala; Abraha Seneor (show all 7); Samuel Usque
- Important places
- Spain; Iberian Peninsula; Castile, Spain; Almohad Caliphate; Granada, Andalusia, Spain; Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain (show all 8); Ottoman Empire; Seville, Andalusia, Spain
- Important events
- Christian Reconquest of Spain; Spanish Inquisition
- Dedication
- Dedicated to the memory of
I. DAVID SATLOW
and
EDWARD GERBER - First words
- PREFACE
The history of the Jews of Spain is a remarkable story that begins in the remote past and continues today.
INTRODUCTION
An Enigma of 1492
On the evening of August 2, 1942 (sic.), two great dramas were simultaneously unfolding in Spain. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)With their homecoming, bittersweet as it may have seemed to the immigrant generation, a new chapter in the long history of the Sephardic Jews is beginning.
- Blurbers
- Yerushalmi, Yosef Hayim; Gampel, Benjamin R.
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- History, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 946.004924 — History & geography History of Europe Spain & Portugal Spain Spain - Ethnic groups
- LCC
- DS135 .S7 .G47 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Israel (Palestine). The Jews Jews outside of Palestine
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- English
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