Cities Of Splendour In The Shaping Of Sephardi History
Download Cities Of Splendour In The Shaping Of Sephardi History full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Cities Of Splendour In The Shaping Of Sephardi History ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History
Author | : Jane S. Gerber |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2020-05-20 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1789624258 |
Download Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Sephardi identity has meant different things at different times, but has always entailed a connection with Spain, from which the Jews were expelled in 1492. While Sephardi Jews have lived in numerous cities and towns throughout history, certain cities had a greater impact in the shaping of their culture. This book focuses on those that may be considered most important, from Cordoba in the tenth century to Toledo, Venice, Safed, Istanbul, Salonica, and Amsterdam at the dawn of the seventeenth century. Each served as a venue in which a particular dimension of Sephardi Jewry either took shape or was expressed in especially intense form. Significantly, these cities were mostly heterogeneous in their population and culture—half of them under Christian rule and half under Muslim rule—and this too shaped the Sephardi world-view and attitude. While Sephardim cultivated a distinctive identity, they felt at home in the cultures of their adopted lands. Drawing upon a variety of both primary and secondary sources, Jane Gerber demonstrates that Sephardi history and culture have always been multifaceted. Her interdisciplinary approach captures the many contexts in which the life of the Jews from Iberia unfolded, without either romanticizing the past or diluting its reality.
Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History Related Books
Pages: 333
Pages: 541
Pages: 400
Pages: 271
Pages: 377