From Catalonia to the Caribbean: The Sephardic Orbit from Medieval to Modern Times - Essays in Honor of Jane S. Gerber

From Catalonia to the Caribbean is a polyphonic collection of essays in dialogue with Jane S. Gerber's seminal contributions to Sephardic Studies. The essays present new sources and new perspectives that challenge our perceptions of the Sephardic experience from Medieval to Modern Times.

About the author

Federica Francesconi, Ph.D. (2007) is Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Judaic Studies Program at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her forthcoming monograph is titled Invisible Enlighteners: Modenese Jewry from Renaissance to Emancipation. Stanley Mirvis, Ph.D. (2013) is Post-Doctoral researcher at the Hebrew University. His forthcoming monograph is titled The Jews of Colonial Jamaica: A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition (Yale University Press). Brian M. Smollett, Ph.D. (2014) is Associate Dean of List College and the Gershon Kekst Graduate School and Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish History and Thought at Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

Product details

• Assisted by: Federica Francesconi (Editor), Stanley Mirvis (Editor), Brian Smollett (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2018
• EAN: 9789004376700
• ISBN: 978-90-04-37670-0
• No. of pages: 380
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Series: Brill's Jewish Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism