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Exiles in Sepharad: The Jewish Millennium in Spain by Jeffrey Gorsky (Paperback, 2015)

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Jeffrey Gorsky vividly relates this colourful period of Jewish history, from the era when Jewish culture was at its height in Muslim Spain to the horrors of the Inquisition and the Expulsion. Exiles in Sepharad.

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The dramatic one-thousand-year history of Jews in Spain comes to life in Exiles in Sepharad. Jeffrey Gorsky vividly relates this colorful period of Jewish history, from the era when Jewish culture was at its height in Muslim Spain to the horrors of the Inquisition and the Expulsion. Twenty percent of Jews today are descended from Sephardic Jews, who created significant works in religion, literature, science, and philosophy. They flourished under both Muslim and Christian rule, enjoying prosperity and power unsurpassed in Europe. Their cultural contributions include important poets, the great Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides, and Moses de Leon, author of the Zohar, the core text of the Kabbalah. But these Jews also endured considerable hardships. Fundamentalist Islamic tribes drove them from Muslim to Christian Spain. In 1391 thousands were killed and more than a third were forced to convert by anti-Jewish rioters. A century later the Spanish Inquisition began, accusing thousands of these converts of heresy. By the end of the fifteenth century, Jews had been expelled from Spain and forcibly converted in Portugal and Navarre. After almost a millennium of harmonious existence, what had been the most populous and prosperous Jewish community in Europe ceased to exist in the Iberian Peninsula.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Jewish Publication Society
ISBN-10
0827612516
ISBN-13
9780827612518
eBay Product ID (ePID)
214302691

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Weight
594g
Height
5817mm
Width
3887mm

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Spine
26mm
Content Note
3 Photographs, 1 Chronology
Author Biography
Jeffrey Gorsky is a lawyer and diplomat at the U.S. Department of State. He is a nationally recognized expert in immigration law, a former U.S. vice-consul in Bilbao, Spain, and a former Iberian intelligence analyst.
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Author(s)
Jeffrey Gorsky
Date of Publication
01/06/2015
Format Details
Trade Paperback (US)
Subject
Regional History
Imprint
Jewish Publication Society
Country of Publication
United States
Genre
Regional History

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