Sephardi Jewry A History of the Judeo-Spanish Community, 14th-20th Centuries

Name: Sephardi Jewry A History of the Judeo-Spanish Community, 14th-20th Centuries
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ISBN: 9780520218222

ISBN-10: 0520218221

ISBN-13: 9780520218222

Edition: 2000

Authors: Esther Benbassa, Aron Rodrigue

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Until the publication of this remarkably comprehensive history of the Sephardi diaspora, only limited attention had been given to the distinctive Judeo-Spanish cultural entity that flourished in the Balkans and Asia Minor for more than four centuries. Yet the great majority of Sephardi Jews, after their expulsion from Spain in 1492 and subsequently from Portugal, found their way to this region, drawn by the political stability and relatively tolerant rule of the Ottoman Empire, as well as by promising socioeconomic conditions. Esther Benbassa and Aron Rodrigue show how Sephardi society and culture developed in the Levant, sharing language, religion, customs, and communal life as they did…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/13/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 377
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



List of Maps


Note on Translation


Note on Transliteration and Place Names


Series Editor's Preface


Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction


Prologue


Notes to the Prologue



Community and Society



Economy and Culture



Eastern Sephardi Jewry in the Era of Westernization



Paths of Politicization



The End of the Judeo-Spanish Balkans: The Holocaust and Migrations


Conclusion


Notes


Archival Sources


Newspapers and Periodicals


Select Bibliography


Index of Names and Places


Subject Index