The Non-Jewish Origins of the Sephardic Jews

The Non-Jewish Origins of the Sephardic Jews
Author: Paul Wexler
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781438423937
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The author uses linguistic, ethnographic, and historical evidence to support his theory that the origins of Sephardic Jews are predominantly Berber and Arab.

In the Iberian Peninsula and Beyond

In the Iberian Peninsula and Beyond
Author: Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2015-09-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1443883204
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This book is the result of two scientific encounters hosted by the University of Évora in 2012, with the theme “Muslims and Jews in Portugal and the Diaspora. Identities and Memories (16th–17th centuries)”, and co-financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology, and by FEDER, through “Eixo I” of the “Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade” (POFC) of QREN (COMPETE). Beginning with an analysis of the forced conversion of Iberian Jews and Muslims, this volume examines the effects of this on their respective diasporas, focusing on a variety of approaches, from language and culture to identity discourses and interchanges between those communities.

Manual of Judaeo-Romance Linguistics and Philology

Manual of Judaeo-Romance Linguistics and Philology
Author: Guido Mensching
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 630
Release: 2023-10-23
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 3110394154
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This manual provides a detailed presentation of the various Romance languages as they appear in texts written by Jews, mostly using the Hebrew alphabet. It gives a comprehensive overview of the Jews and the Romance languages in the Middle Ages (part I), as well as after the expulsions (part II). These sections are dedicated to Judaeo-Romance texts and linguistic traditions mainly from Italy, northern and southern France (French and Occitan), and the Iberian Peninsula (Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese). The Judaeo-Spanish varieties of the 20th and 21st centuries are discussed in a separate section (part III), due to the fact that Judaeo-Spanish can be considered an independent language. This section includes detailed descriptions of its phonetics/phonology, morphology, lexicon, and syntax.

The study of languages

The study of languages
Author: Einar Haugen
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 1200
Release: 2019-04-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3111684970
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To celebrate the 270th anniversary of the De Gruyter publishing house, the company is providing permanent open access to 270 selected treasures from the De Gruyter Book Archive. Titles will be made available to anyone, anywhere at any time that might be interested. The DGBA project seeks to digitize the entire backlist of titles published since 1749 to ensure that future generations have digital access to the high-quality primary sources that De Gruyter has published over the centuries.