Double Diaspora in Sephardic Literature: Jewish Cultural Production Before and After 1492 religious now covering the rise of

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For eighteen centuries pious Jews had prayed for the return to Jerusalem

This exploration leads to a deeper understanding of their heritage and the realization that embracing one's full identity is a multifaceted process

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Double Diaspora in Sephardic Literature: Jewish Cultural Production Before and After 1492 religious now covering the rise ofThe year 1492 has long divided the study of Sephardic culture into two distinct periods, before and after the expulsion of Jews from Spain. David A. Wacks examines the works of Sephardic writers from the 13th to the 16th centuries and shows that this literature was shaped by two interwoven experiences of diaspora: first from the Biblical homeland Zion and later from the ancestral hostland, Sefarad. Jewish in Spain and Spanish abroad, these writers