About this title: The glorious history of the Jews of Andalusian Spain came to an abrupt end in 1147-48 with the Almohade invasion and upheaval. Many old and renowned Jewish communities, among them Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Lucena, were wiped out. Thousands of Jews fled north to Christian Spain where they found a new home and sought to revive the rich communal life they and their ancestors had enjoyed for centuries in. Some thirteen years after the calamity and now based in Toledo, Abraham ibn Daud wrote a historical epitaph to the golden age that had produced such courtiers, rabbis, and poets as Hisdai ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Littman Library of Jewish Ci
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781904113317ISBN:1904113311
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: THE LITTMAN LIBRARY OF JEWISH CIVILIZATION Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781904113317ISBN:1904113311
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 504 pages. This book is printed on demand (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (486 pages) gerson d. cohen's edition of this historical classic provides a critical text of the original along with translation, commentary, and analysis. (Paperback) read more
Description: New. The glorious history of the Jews of Andalusian Spain came to an abrupt end in 1147-8 with the Almohade invasion and upheaval. Many old and renowned Jewish communities, among them Crdoba, Granada, Seville, and Lucena, were wiped out. Thousands of Jews... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781904113317ISBN:1904113311
Description: New. Gerson D. Cohen's edition of this historical classic provides a critical text of the original along with translation, commentary, and analysis. read more
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