Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal: survival of an imperiled culture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal: survival of an imperiled culture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number946.004924/0010
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]08573
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]North Carolina
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]McFarland and Company
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2009
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]xii, 240p, bibliography, index
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Book
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9780786438174
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Traces the history of the Sephardic Jews from their golden age to their post-Columbian diaspora. It highlights achievements in science, medicine, philosophy, arts, economy and government, alongside a few less noble accomplishments, in both the land they left behind and in the lands that they settled later. Several significant Sephardic Jews are profiled in detail