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The Jews of Spain : a history of the Sephardic experience / Jane S. Gerber.

By: Gerber, Jane S
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Free Press, 1994Copyright date: ©1992Edition: First Free Press Paperback editionDescription: xxv, 333 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : plates, illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0029115744Subject(s): Jews -- Spain -- History | Sephardim -- History | Spain -- Ethnic relationsLOC classification: DS135.S7 | G47 1994Bibliography, Etc. Note: 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 to 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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-308) and index.

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 to 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.

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