Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700-1950

by Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Julia Phillips Cohen

Book Overview

This ground-breaking documentary history contains over 150 primary sources originally written in 15 languages by or about Sephardi Jews--descendants of Jews who fled medieval Spain and Portugal settling in the western portions of the Ottoman Empire, including the Balkans, Anatolia, and Palestine. Reflecting Sephardi history in all its diversity, from the courtyard to the courthouse, spheres intimate, political, commercial, familial, and religious,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804791430
• ISBN13: 9780804791434
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"