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Book SynopsisThe dramatic one-thousand-year history of Jews in Spain comes to life in
Exiles in Sepharad. Jeffrey Gorsky vividly relates this colourful period of Jewish history, from the era when Jewish culture was at its height in Muslim Spain to the horrors of the Inquisition and the Expulsion.
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Exiles in Sepharad is] a nuanced work that acknowledges both the heights and depths of the Jewish experience in Spain, where Jews enjoyed a level of prosperity, acclaim and power not matched anywhere else in Europe."—Sheldon Kirshner,
Times of Israel“A personal and accessible narrative that tells a remarkable story yet is grounded in solid scholarship.”—Rabbi Daniel Bouskila, Sephardic Educational Center
“With a broad scope that will appeal to a wide readership, this work will be useful as a comprehensive resource on the history of the Spanish Jews.”—Gregory B. Kaplan, author of Marginal Voices: Studies in Converso Literature of Medieval and Golden Age Spain
“A lucid, readable summary . . . that brings the key personalities to life and explores the intricate relationship between religious hatred, politics, and economics.”—Rabbi Hayyim Angel, National Scholar at the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals and professor of Bible at Yeshiva University
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction: The Jewish Millennium in Spain
Part 1. La Convivencia
1. A Marriage of Convenience
2. The Visigoth Persecution of the Jews
3. Muslim Rule
4. Jews of Muslim Spain
5. Judah Halevi and The Kuzari
6. A Golden Age of Poetry
7. The End of the Caliphate
8. Maimonides
9. Christian Rule
10. Jews in Castile and Aragon
11. Book of Splendorand Kabbalah Mysticism
Part 2. The End of Tolerance
12. Toward 1391
13. Seeds of Destruction
14. The Conversion of the Jews
15. The Church Campaign against the Jews, Postconversion
Part 3. The Age of the Converts
16. New Christians
17. Converts and Castile
18. Anti- and Pro-Converso Writings
Part 4. The Spanish Inquisition
19. The Catholic Monarchy
20. Origins of the Inquisition
21. The Inquisition
22. Arrest, Trial, and Punishment
23. Inquisition Expansion
Part 5. The Last Iberian Jews
24. Spain and Expulsion
25. The Last Jews of Iberia
Part 6. After Expulsion
26. Purity of Blood
27. Jewish Blood, Black Blood
28. Conversos and the Beginnings of the Modern Novel
29. Coming to America
Conclusion: The Millennium in Spain, and After
Notes
Bibliography
Index
