Dolores Sloan

The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal

Survival of an Imperiled Culture in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

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Produktbeschreibung

Prior to 1492, Jews had flourished on the Iberian Peninsula for hundreds of years. Marked by alternating cooperative coexistence and selective persecution alongside Christians and Muslims, this remarkable period was a golden age for Iberian Jews, with significant and culturally diverse advances in sciences, arts and government. This work traces the history of the Sephardic Jews from their golden age to their post-Columbian diaspora. It highlights achievements in science, medicine, philosophy, arts, economy and government, alongside a few less noble accomplishments, in both the land they left behind and in the lands they settled later. Several significant Sephardic Jews are profiled in detail, and later chapters explore the increasing restrictions on Jews prior to expulsion, the divergent fates of two diaspora communities (in Brazil and the Ottoman Empire), and the enduring legacy of Sephardic history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9780786438174
• ISBN-10: 0786438177
• Artikelnr.: 23898166

Autorenporträt

Dolores Sloan is editor of the Journal of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Crypto Jews, a member of the English and sociology faculty at Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, and a public speaker. She lives in Santa Monica, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Jonathan Kirsch     
Preface: Of Storytelling and History     
1. On the Eve of Expulsion: Visiting Sephardic Homes in 1492     
2. Isaac Abravanel: 1Basta mi nombre que es Abravanel! It is enough to know
my name is Abravanel!     
3. Abraham Zacuto: From Discovery by the Stars to a Crater on the Moon     
4. Luís de Santángel: Spain's Disraeli and Converso Bridge to the New
World     
5. Doña Gracia Nasi: "Piety of Miriam, strength of Judith"     
6. "Thou preparest a table before me": Jewish Life in Cities, Towns,
Countryside     
7. "In the presence of my enemies": Work, Usury, Clothing and
Entertainment     
8. Resilience and Recovery: Turkey and Brazil, Two Diaspora
Communities     
9. Endurance, Persistence and Identity: Insights from the Sephardic
Experience     
Appendix: Judah Abravanel to His Son     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliographical Sources     
Comments on Sources     
Glossary     
Index