After Expulsion : 1492 and the Making of Sephardic Jewry

Jonathan S. Ray

ISBN 10: 0814729118 / ISBN 13: 9780814729113

Editore: NYU Press - IPS Jan 2013, 2013

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Neuware - Honorable Mention for the 2014 Jordan Schnitzer book award in Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History presented by the Association for Jewish Studies On August 3, 1492, the same day that Columbus set sail from Spain, the long and glorious history of that nation's Jewish community officially came to a close. The expulsion of Europe's last major Jewish community ended more than a thousand years of unparalleled prosperity, cultural vitality and intellectual productivity. Yet, the crisis of 1492 also gave rise to a dynamic and resilient diaspora society spanning East and West. After Expulsion traces the various paths of migration and resettlement of Sephardic Jews and Conversos over the course of the tumultuous sixteenth century. Pivotally, the volume argues that the exiles did not become 'Sephardic Jews' overnight. Only in the second and third generation did these disparate groups coalesce and adopt a 'Sephardic Jewish' identity. After Expulsion presents a new and fascinating portrait of Jewish society in transition from the medieval to the early modern period, a portrait that challenges many longstanding assumptions about the differences between Europe and the Middle East.

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• Titolo: After Expulsion : 1492 and the Making of Sephardic Jewry
• Editore: NYU Press - IPS Jan 2013
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0814729118
• ISBN 13: 9780814729113
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 236 L x 159 A x 25 P (millimetri) 236 millimetri di larghezza per 159 millimetri di altezza per 25 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 463 grammi

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Honorable Mention for the 2014 Jordan Schnitzer book award in Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History presented by the Association for Jewish Studies


On August 3, 1492, the same day that Columbus set sail
from Spain, the long and glorious history of that nation’s
Jewish community officially came to a close. The expulsion
of Europe’s last major Jewish community ended more than
a thousand years of unparalleled prosperity, cultural vitality
and intellectual productivity. Yet, the crisis of 1492 also gave
rise to a dynamic and resilient diaspora society spanning
East and West.






After Expulsion traces the various paths of migration and resettlement
of Sephardic Jews and Conversos over the course
of the tumultuous sixteenth century. Pivotally, the volume
argues that the exiles did not become “Sephardic Jews”
overnight. Only in the second and third generation did these
disparate groups coalesce and adopt a “Sephardic Jewish”
identity.






After Expulsion presents a new and fascinating portrait of
Jewish society in transition from the medieval to the early
modern period, a portrait that challenges many longstanding
assumptions about the differences between Europe and the
Middle East.

L'autore

Jonathan Ray is the Samuel Eig Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Georgetown University.