03591nam 2200805Ia 450 991096700910332120200520144314.09781438423937143842393410.1515/9781438423937(CKB)2670000000233930(OCoLC)794701333(CaPaEBR)ebrary10588857(SSID)ssj0000607508(PQKBManifestationID)11370465(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607508(PQKBWorkID)10585161(PQKB)10814194(MdBmJHUP)muse14021(Au-PeEL)EBL3408306(CaPaEBR)ebr10588857(OCoLC)923415215(MiAaPQ)EBC3408306(DE-B1597)735570(DE-B1597)9781438423937(Perlego)2673664(BIP)49343660(BIP)1982937(EXLCZ)99267000000023393019950516d1996 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe non-Jewish origins of the Sephardic Jews /Paul WexlerAlbany State University of New York Pressc19961 online resource (340 p.)SUNY series in anthropology and Judaic studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791427965 079142796X 9780791427958 0791427951 Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-291) and indexes.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 PhrasesBased 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, and ethnographic) data in support of his hypothesis. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, ORSephardimOriginJewsSpainOriginJewsAfrica, NorthOriginLadino languageForeign elementsArabicBerbersSocial life and customsProselytizingJudaismHistorySpainEthnic relationsAfrica, NorthSocial life and customsSephardimOrigin.JewsOrigin.JewsOrigin.Ladino languageForeign elementsArabic.BerbersSocial life and customs.ProselytizingJudaismHistory.946/.004924Wexler Paul480353MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967009103321Non-Jewish origins of the Sephardic Jews256909UNINA