Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 451 pages) : maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
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Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
Selections originally written in: Ladino, Hebrew, Ottoman Turkish, Modern Turkish, French, Greek, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Yiddish, and English. |
Subject |
Sephardim -- History -- Sources.
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Sephardim. |
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History. |
Genre/Form |
Sources.
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Jewish diaspora -- History -- Sources.
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Jews -- History -- Sources.
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Jews. |
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Jewish diaspora. |
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HISTORY -- World. |
Genre/Form |
History.
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Added Author |
Cohen, Julia Phillips, editor.
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Stein, Sarah Abrevaya, editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Sephardi lives 9780804771658 (DLC) 2014018280 (OCoLC)879642496 |
ISBN |
9780804791915 (electronic book) |
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0804791910 (electronic book) |
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9780804771658 |
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0804771650 |
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9780804791434 |
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0804791430 |
Standard No. |
10.1515/9780804791915 |
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