Encyclopedia of the Jewish diaspora
Subtitle: origins, experiences, and culture
By: M. Avrum Ehrich, editor.
Contributors: Ehrlich, Avrum M.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781851098736; 9781851098743
Subjects: Jews -- History -- Encyclopedias; Jewish diaspora -- Encyclopedias; Jews -- Asia -- History -- Encyclopedias; Jews -- Europe -- History -- Encyclopedias; Jews -- America -- History -- Encyclopedias; Jews -- Africa -- History -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Description: From the Roman occupation of Judea circa 135 A.D. to the founding of Israel, Jewish people were without a sovereign homeland. But far from eradicating Judaism, as the Emperor Hadrian desired, the Judean conquest expanded its reach, as Jewish refugees, pilgrims, and slaves scattered throughout the world, accelerating a Diaspora that had begun six to eight centuries earlier. This work is a resource on the evolution and dynamics of the Jewish Diaspora as it played out around the world--from its beginnings to the present. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Themes and phenomena of the Jewish diaspora; title: v. 2-3. Volume 2: Countries, regions, and communities .