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The Jews of Spain J. Gerber

The Jews of Spain By J. Gerber

The Jews of Spain by J. Gerber


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This work traces the story of the Spanish Jews, whose longing for their vanished land of "Sepharad", their homeland for a thousand years, provides one of the enduring themes of Jewish history, ranging from its ancient beginnings in Roman Iberia to the present day.

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The Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience by J. Gerber

Sephardic Jews form one of the two mainstreams of Jewish life - it was they who founded the first Jewish settlements in America, and they played an important role in colonial society. That history has been obscured by the subsequent arrival of German and Russian Jews whose greater numbers have dominated the American Jewish community for over a century. But the diaspora of Spanish Jews is older, and their longing for the vanished land of "Sepharad", their homeland for a 1000 years, provides one of the greatest themes in Jewish history. Now historian Jane Gerber for the first time traces their great story - rich in both events and personalities - from its ancient beginnings in Roman Iberia to the present day. Gerber shows how the Jews created a civilization in Spain that was both Jewish and secular long before the enlightened Age of Emancipation. Sephardic Jews achieved remarkable success within their "host" society, distinguishing themselves as theologians and philosophers, writers and artists, businessmen, courtiers, and medical men. This rich legacy of culture and accomplishment has inspired a just pride in Sephardic Jews that persists to this day; the Sephardic experience also sheds light on the possibilities for peaceful coexistence among Christians, Jews, and Arabs. The expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 thus has a special pathos as the story of the wanton destruction of a flourishing community with roots going back a millenium or more. The book should also be a timely addition to the worldwide observances of the events of 1492 on their 500th anniversary.

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CIN0029115736A
9780029115732
0029115736
The Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience by J. Gerber
Used - Well Read
Hardback
Simon & Schuster
1992-11-02
320
N/A
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