“Sephardic Culture: An Introduction”
Mediterranean Studies Summer Skills Seminar
8—11 July 2024 • Remote

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All readings are available in pdf in the workshop Dropbox folder except for those which are linked below. I’ve also linked to pdfs of readings here for your convenience.

Program

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All readings are available in pdf in the workshop Dropbox folder except for those which are linked below. I’ve also linked to pdfs of readings here for your convenience.
Each day we will convene for 2 hours (8-10 PST), break for 1 hour (10-11 PST), and reconvene for 2 hours (11-1 PST).

Monday, 8 July 2024: Sephardic al-Andalus (900-1200)
Readings:        Gerber 60-89
• Gerber 60-89
• Andalusi Hebrew Poets [English and Hebrew] [Spanish]
• Ibn Daud, Sefer Hakabbalah [English] [Hebrew]
• al-Harizi, Tahkemoni [English] [Hebrew] [Spanish]
• Ibn Gabirol, Keter Malkhut [English and Hebrew] [Spanish]

Session 1        
• Meet and Greet
• Goals of the workshop
• Andalusi Hebrew Poets and al-Harizi
Session 2        
• Ibn Daud and Ibn Gabirol

Tuesday, 9 July 2024: Sephardic Iberia (1200-1500)           
Readings:        Gerber 91-144
• Moshe de León, Zohar [English] [Hebrew]
• Wacks, "Great book, but is it really 'Spanish'?"
• Shem Tov ben Isaac Ardutiel, Proverbios morales [Spanish] [English]
• Wacks, "Moses Arragel's vernacular rabbinics in the Biblia de Alba"
• Arragel Bible [English and Spanish]

Session 1        
• Zohar
Session 2        
• Ardutiel and Arragel

Wednesday, 10 July 2024: Sephardic Diaspora (1500-1600)
Readings:       
• Wacks, "Out of Diaspora: Sephardic Settlement in 16th-century Palestine"
Ibn Verga, Shevet Yehudah [English] [Hebrew] [Spanish]
Abraham Zacuto, Sefer Yuhasin (Book of Lineage) [English] [Hebrew]
Samuel Usque, Consolation 36-70 [English] [Portuguese]
Moses Cordovero, Or Ne’erav [English] [Hebrew]

Session 1        
Discussion: Overview of historical trends, language use
Activity: Trace development in genres and situate in broader context
Session 2        
Activity: Revisit sources, research, pedagogy

Thursday, 11 July 2024: Sephardic Diaspora (1600-1700)
Readings:       
• Kaplan, “Bom judesmo”
Marrano poets
Cardoso, Excelencias

Session 1        
• Marrano poets and Cardoso
Session 2        
• Outcomes for research and pedagogy (courses, projects, etc.)
Assignment:   
• Post-workshop reflection and survey (due after last session)

Bibliography:

• al-Harizi, Judah. The Tahkemoni. Translated by Victor Reichert, Raphael Haim Cohen, 1965.
• al-Harizi, Judah. Tahkemoni. Edited by Yisrael Toporovsky and Yisrael Zamorah, Mehaberot Lesifrut, 1952.
• De León, Moshe. The Zohar = Sefer Ha-Zohar. Edited & translated by Daniel C. Matt, vol. 1, Stanford University Press, 2004.
• De León, Moshe. El Zohar: El libro del esplendor. Translated by Carles Giol, Ediciones Obelisco, 1996.
• Gerber, Jane S. The Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience. Reprint edition, Free Press, 1994.
• Ibn Daud, Abraham ben David. A Critical Edition with a Translation and Notes of the Book of Tradition (Sefer Ha-Qabbalah). Edited & translated by Gerson D. Cohen, Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1969.
• Ibn Gabirol, Solomon. Ibn Gabirol. Edited & translated by Raphael Loewe, Halban, 1989.
• Ibn Gabirol, Shelomo. El Alma Lastimada: Ibn Gabirol. Ediciones El Almendro, 1992.
• Sáenz-Badillos, Ángel. Poetas Hebreos de Al-Andalus : Siglos X-XII : Antología. Ediciones El Almendro, 1988.
• Scheindlin, Raymond P. Wine, Women, & Death: Medieval Hebrew Poems on the Good Life. Jewish Publication Society, 1986.