History of the Jews in Spain — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism … Wikipedia
Oldest synagogues in the world — The Santa María la Blanca synagogue was built in Toledo, Spain in 1190 … Wikipedia
Jüdische Literatur — Jüdische Literatur. Die I. L., die man auch, aber unpassend, Rabbinische Literatur nennt, beginnt in demselben Zeitalter, in welchem der Übergang des Hebraismus in das Judenthum (s.d.) stattfand. Auf der Hebräischen Literatur (s.d.) wurzelnd u.… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
BANISHMENT — BANISHMENT, a form of punishment widely imposed throughout the ancient world. India, the Greek cities, the Roman republic, and the Teutonic peoples all used this practice to rid themselves of undesirables, ranging from criminals to political… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
NAPLES — NAPLES, city and former kingdom in Campania, S. Italy. The first Jewish settlement there probably dates to the beginning of the first century C.E., if not before. Josephus (Antiquities, XVII, 23–25, and Wars, II, 101–05) reports that during… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TRADE AND COMMERCE — In the Bible The geopolitical location of Palestine, set as it is in the heart of the Fertile Crescent, made it a pivotal link in the commercial activities carried on by land and sea between, on the one hand, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism