Echoes from Sepharad: signatures on the maternal gene pool of crypto-Jewish descendants [PDF]
European Journal of Human Genetics, 2014 The majority of genetic studies on Jewish populations have been focused on Ashkenazim, and genetic data from the Sephardic original source, the Iberian Peninsula, are particularly scarce. Regarding the mitochondrial genome, the available information is limited to a single Portuguese village, Belmonte, where just two different lineages (a single one ...
Nogueiro, I. +4 more
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Transnational Memories in Antonio Muñoz Molina’s Sepharad [PDF]
European Review, 2014 This article analyses the role of transnational memory in Antonio Muñoz Molina’s novel Sepharad (2001). Because of the way this novel incorporates the memory of European totalitarianism and the Holocaust, it has been considered an example of multidirectional memory.
Vandebosch, Dagmar
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Ladino on the Internet constitutes the first critical and systematic account written in English on the online revitalisation of Ladino. This book conclusively demonstrates that nowadays the global Ladino-speaking community connects first and foremost online, which calls for a full, comprehensive examination of the web-based development of the Sephardic
Yebra López, Carlos
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Science in Poetic Contexts: Astronomy and Astrology in the Hebrew Poetry of Sepharad (Ciencia en un contexto poético: Astronomía y astrología en la poesía hebrea de Sefarad) [PDF]
, 2010 This article is a preliminary overview of the presence of astronomical-astrological knowledge in a considerable number of poems written by Jews in Sepharad or rooted in the Sephardic tradition (11th-15th c.).
Rodriguez Arribas, Josefina
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Urban Morphology and Functional Hierarchy of the Jewish Quarter of Zaragoza (Spain) at the End of the Fifteenth Century [PDF]
, 2023 This article analyzes the morphology and functionality of the Jewish quarter of Zaragoza at the end of the fifteenth century, shortly before the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Motis Dolader, M.Á. +5 more
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De vino, viajes y sabiduría: musar y adab en la Sefarad medieval [PDF]
, 2021 This article was written as part of the research project «Legado de Sefarad: la producción material e intelectual del judaísmo sefardí bajomedieval, 3ª Parte» (PID2019-104219GB-100), funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.This ...
Torollo Sánchez, David +2 more
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Reference Sources for Sephardic Studies [PDF]
, 1995 Some of the main reference sources for Sephardic studies in the broader sense, namely, covering issues related not only to the Jews of the Iberian peninsula and their descendants, but also to those of the Middle East and North Africa for the same period ...
Simon, Rachel
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THE VOIDS OF SEPHARAD: THE MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST IN SPAIN
Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, 2011 Peer ...
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Iberian Scepticism in Istanbul: The Hebrew Philosophical Dialogue Attributed to Don Joseph Nasi
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT On 28 April 1577, the printer Joseph Ya’abetz in Constantinople printed a rare Hebrew pamphlet titled Ben Porat Yosef (Joseph, the Offspring of a Fertile Tree). Its author, Isaac ben Samuel Onkeneira, claims to report a philosophical debate between Don Joseph Nasi (1524–1579), the powerful Portuguese‐born agent at the Ottoman court, and a ...
Carsten L. Wilke
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The Idea of Time and the Evolution of History. Thoughts on a Dialectic in Spanish Medieval Judaism
CauriensiaFrom its origin, Israel has been determined by history. The Jewish people was shaped historically as such around the Torah. However, Jewish history itself witnessed in its bosom the birth of spiritual experiences that go beyond historical and ...
José Antonio Fernández López
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