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Portuguese-Jewish Diaspora
Spanish and Portuguese Jews, also called Western Sephardim, Iberian Jews, or Peninsular Jews, are a distinctive sub-group of Sephardic Jews who are largely descended from Jews who lived as New Christians in the Iberian Peninsula during the immediate generations following the forced expulsion of unconverted Jews from Spain in 1492 and from Portugal in 1497. Although the 1492 and 1497 expulsions of unconverted Jews from Spain and Portugal were separate events from the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions (which were established over a decade earlier in 1478), they were ultimately linked, as the Inquisition eventually also led to the fleeing out of Iberia of many descendants of Jewish converts to Catholicism in subsequent generations. Despite the fact that the original Edicts of Expulsion did not apply to Jewish-origin New Christian ''conversos'' —as these were now legally Christians— the discriminatory practices that the Inquisition nevertheless placed upon them, which we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judaeo-Portuguese
Judaeo-Portuguese, or Judeo-Lusitanic, is said to be the extinct Jewish language that was used by the Portuguese Jews, Jews of Portugal. See also * History of the Jews in Portugal * Spanish and Portuguese Jews * Lusophone * Lusitanic * Pallache family * Judeo-Spanish References Judaeo-Portuguese ''in'' Jewish Language Research Center *[https://books.google.com/books?id=yIFYAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PT135 Thesouro dos Dinim, a halakhic work (partial facsimile)] Menasseh Ben Israel de la fragilidad humana y inclinacion del hombre al peccado. Parte primera * * Strolovitch, Devon L. (2005) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
