{"product_id":"after-expulsion-9780814729113","title":"After Expulsion","description":"\u003cp\u003eHonorable Mention for the 2014 Jordan Schnitzer book award in Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History presented by the Association for Jewish Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn August 3, 1492, the same day that Columbus set sail\u003cbr\u003efrom Spain, the long and glorious history of that nation’s\u003cbr\u003eJewish community officially came to a close. The expulsion\u003cbr\u003eof Europe’s last major Jewish community ended more than\u003cbr\u003ea thousand years of unparalleled prosperity, cultural vitality\u003cbr\u003eand intellectual productivity. Yet, the crisis of 1492 also gave\u003cbr\u003erise to a dynamic and resilient diaspora society spanning\u003cbr\u003eEast and West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Expulsion traces the various paths of migration and resettlement\u003cbr\u003eof Sephardic Jews and Conversos over the course\u003cbr\u003eof the tumultuous sixteenth century. Pivotally, the volume\u003cbr\u003eargues that the exiles did not become “Sephardic Jews”\u003cbr\u003eovernight. Only in the second and third generation did these\u003cbr\u003edisparate groups coalesce and adopt a “Sephardic Jewish”\u003cbr\u003eidentity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Expulsion presents a new and fascinating portrait of\u003cbr\u003eJewish society in transition from the medieval to the early\u003cbr\u003emodern period, a portrait that challenges many longstanding\u003cbr\u003eassumptions about the differences between Europe and the\u003cbr\u003eMiddle East.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan S. Ray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274438684923,"sku":"9780814729113","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_e68b76c7-258b-4cfd-b7c4-b1d4ee5470d2.jpg?v=1771042540","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/after-expulsion-9780814729113","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}