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634762
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Wexler, Paul.
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The non-Jewish origins of the Sephardic Jews /\ Paul Wexler.
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| Publication Statement
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Albany :: State University of New York Press,, c1996.
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| Series Statement
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SUNY series in anthropology and Judaic studies.
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xviii, 321 p. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0791427951 (alk. paper)
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: 9780791427958 (alk. paper)
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: 079142796X (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780791427965 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-291) and indexes.
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| Contents
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1. Approaches to the Study of Jewish Ethnicity and Ethnic Myths --- 2. Conversion to Judaism in the Asian, African, and Iberian Lands up to c.1200 A.D.: The Role of Conversion in the Formation of the Sephardic Jews - The Migration of Western Asian Jews to the Western Mediterranean - The Role of Western Asian Converts in the Formation of the Sephardic Jews - Conversion to Judaism in North Africa and Spain - The Contribution of Women Converts to the Formation of the Sephardic Jews - Syncretistic Religious Expression in Spain (with special attention to the Marranos) --- 3. The North African Homeland of the Sephardic Jews and the Origin of the Term "Sephardic" --- 4. The Berbero-Arab Roots of the Sephardic Jews --- 5. The Processes of Judaization --- 6. Findings and Challenges.
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Following in the pattern of his earlier works on the origins of Ashkenazic Jewry, Professor Wexler presents a fascinating, but controversial linguistic study on the origins of Sephardic Jewry. Finding that many of the language patterns of Sephardic Jewry have their origins in non-Jewish languages, the author suggests that many Sephardic Jews are actually descendants of the converts who brought with them the language of their birth and integrated it into Sephardic speech patterns and dialects. furthermore, he uses linguistic clues to suggest both migration patterns and the possible isolation of Sephardic Jewry.
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Sephardim-- Origin.
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Jews-- Spain-- Origin.
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Jews-- Africa, North-- Origin.
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Ladino language-- Foreign elements-- Arabic.
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Berbers-- Social life and customs.
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Conversion-- Judaism-- History.
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Spain, Ethnic relations.
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Africa, North, Social life and customs.
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| LC Classification
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DS134.W48 1996
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