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The Jews of Spain a history of the Sephardic experience
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Title
The Jews of Spain [electronic resource] : a history of the Sephardic experience / Jane S. Gerber.
ISBN
9781439107836 (electronic bk.)
1439107831 (electronic bk.)
0029115736
9780029115732
0029115744
9780029115749
Published
New York : Free Press, ©1992.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxv, 333 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
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Other formats
Online version: Gerber, Jane S. Jews of Spain. New York : Free Press, ©1992
Original
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 11, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-308) and index.
Contents
Introduction : an enigma of 1492
Volatile origins : the early history of Jewish life in Spain
The birth of Sepharad : from the Muslim conquest to the Caliphate of Córdoba
The golden era : the emergence of Sephardic civilization
The reconquista : Jews and the new realities of Christian Spain
Path of expulsion : the decline and destruction of Spanish Jewry
Return to the Islamic world : the Sephardic diaspora in Muslim lands
The westward journey : Europe and the New World
Encounter with modernity : Ottoman decline and the ascendance of the West
Revival and return : Sephardic Jews in the post-war era
Appendix : The edict of expulsion ; Immigration tables.
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