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Autore |
Wexler Paul |
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Titolo |
The non-Jewish origins of the Sephardic Jews / / Paul Wexler |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1996 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (340 p.) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in anthropology and Judaic studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sephardim - Origin |
Jews - Spain - Origin |
Jews - Africa, North - Origin |
Ladino language - Foreign elements - Arabic |
Berbers - Social life and customs |
Proselytizing - Judaism - History |
Spain Ethnic relations |
Africa, North Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-291) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Citations -- Preface -- 1 Approaches to the Study of Jewish Ethnicity and Ethnic Myths -- 2 Conversion to Judaism in the Asian, African, and Iberian Lands up to c.1200 A.D. -- 3 The North African Homeland of the Sephardic Jews and the Origin of the Term "Sephardic" -- 4 The Berbero-Arab Roots of the Sephardic Jews -- 5 The Processes of Judaization -- 6 Findings and Challenges -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Topics -- Index of Segments, Words, and Phrases |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Based on the premise that Jewish languages such as Judeo- Arabic, Ladino, and Yiddish offer crucial clues to ethnic origins, Wexler (linguistics, Tel-Aviv U.) challenges the prevailing view that Sephardic Jewry originated in Spain, asserting that they were in fact descended from Berber proselytes. The author finds remnants of this North African Berber and Arab substrate in the language and culture of the Sephardic Jews and presents an array of linguistic (as well as historical, literary, |
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and ethnographic) data in support of his hypothesis. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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