Sepharad ( or ; , ; also ''Sfard'', ''Spharad'', ''Sefarad'', or ''Sephared'') is the
Hebrew-language name for the
Iberian Peninsula
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, consisting of both modern-time Western Europe's
Spain
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and
Portugal
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, especially in reference to
the local Jews before
their forced expulsion from 1492 onwards. In
modern Hebrew
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, the name has mostly come to refer to Spain.
Version comparisons
Obadiah 1:20 (trans. Judaica Press) "And this exiled host of the children of Israel who are
iththe Canaanites as far as Zarephath and the exile of Jerusalem which is in Sepharad shall inherit the cities of the southland"
Obadiah 1:20 (NKJV) "And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath, and the captivity of Jerusalem, that is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South."
"et transmigratio exercitus huius filiorum Israhel omnia Chananeorum usque ad Saraptham et transmigratio Hierusalem quae in Bosforo est possidebit civitates austri".
Abdias 1:20 (Douay-Rheims) "And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, all the places of the Chanaanites even to Sarepta: and the captivity of Jerusalem that is in Bosphorus, shall possess the cities of the south."
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Jerusalem Bible
''The Jerusalem Bible'' (JB or TJB) is an English translation of the Bible published in 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd. As a Catholic Bible, it includes 73 books: the 39 books shared with the Hebrew Bible, along with the seven deuterocanonical ...
(1966): "... and the exiles from Jerusalem now in Sepharad will occupy the towns of the Negeb." An editors' note in the Jerusalem Bible argues that "Sepharad is unknown".
[Jerusalem Bible (1966), Footnote aa at Obadiah 1:20]
See also
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Sephardic law and customs
Sephardic law and customs are the law and customs of Judaism which are practiced by Sephardim or Sephardic Jews ( "Jews of Spain"); the descendants of the historic Jewish community of the Iberian Peninsula, what is now Spain and Portugal. Many ...
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Tzarfat
References
External links
Judaism: Sephardim Jewish Virtual Library
* ttp://www.rootsofsefarad.com/jews-in-spain Roots of Sefaradbr>Jewish Heritage in Spain and Portugal (travel agency)
Sefarad
Journal on Hebraic, Sephardim and Middle East Studies
ILC
CSIC (scientific articles in Spanish, English and other languages)
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