Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 451 pages) : maps |
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Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture |
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Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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Contents |
Everyday life : on the street and in the synagogue, from court to courtyard -- Violence, war, and regional transformation -- Political movements and ideologies -- The Second World War and its aftermath -- Diasporic and émigré circles -- The emergence of Sephardi studies |
Summary |
This ground-breaking documentary history contains over 150 primary sources originally written in 15 languages by or about Sephardi Jews-descendants of Jews who fled medieval Spain and Portugal settling in the western portions of the Ottoman Empire, including the Balkans, Anatolia, and Palestine. Reflecting Sephardi history in all its diversity, from the courtyard to the courthouse, spheres intimate, political, commercial, familial, and religious, these documents show life within these distinctive Jewish communities as well as between Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Sephardi Lives offer readers a |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Selections originally written in: Ladino, Hebrew, Ottoman Turkish, Modern Turkish, French, Greek, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Yiddish, and English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Sephardim -- History -- Sources
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Jewish diaspora -- History -- Sources
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Jews -- History -- Sources
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HISTORY -- World.
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Jewish diaspora
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Jews
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Sephardim
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Sephardim
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Juden
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Diaspora Religion
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Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Cohen, Julia Phillips, editor
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Stein, Sarah Abrevaya, editor
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ISBN |
9780804791915 |
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0804791910 |
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