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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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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: After Expulsion
• Subtitle: 1492 and the Making of Sephardic Jewry
• Author: Jonathan S. Ray
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9780814729113
• ISBN: 0814729118
• ID: 04931244
• Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
• Weight: 466 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 158 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. January 2013

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