Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History

Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History
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Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Total Pages : 333
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ISBN-10 : 9781789624250
ISBN-13 : 1789624258
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Book Synopsis Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History by : Jane S. Gerber

Download or read book Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History written by Jane S. Gerber and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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